AI Transformation Engineer — Data Scientist/Forward Deployed

TEKsystems; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical dental & vision

401(k) plan

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

HSA

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

PTO / Vacation

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Data Scientist/Forward Deployed Engineer to join an AI Transformation team focused on turning AI concepts into production solutions for a large enterprise. You will collaborate with stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities and rapidly prototype AI-powered applications that deliver measurable business outcomes.

You will work on greenfield initiatives, shaping enterprise AI adoption, and establishing best practices for scalable AI implementations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI applications in production.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, agentic workflows, prompt/context engineering, and modern AI architectures.
• Experience developing AI agents from scratch and integrating external tools, APIs, and services.
• Experience with agent frameworks, orchestration platforms, MCPs, skills, harnesses, or similar AI ecosystems.
• Strong system design and architecture skills.
• Ability to decompose complex business problems into scalable technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand challenges and identify AI-driven solutions.
• Translate business requirements into technical architectures and production-ready applications.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI agents, copilots, and intelligent automation solutions.
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on solutions to validate business value.
• Build applications leveraging LLMs, agent frameworks, retrieval systems, and modern AI tooling.
• Drive projects from ideation through deployment and adoption.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and program leadership to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Advise stakeholders on AI capabilities, limitations, and implementation strategies.
• Help define standards and best practices for enterprise AI development.

Skills

5+ years engineering

AI in production

LLMs & agent workflows

AI agents from scratch

Agent frameworks

System design

Problem decomposition

Communication with stakeholders

Ambiguous environments

Job description

TEKsystems is seeking a Data Scientist/Forward Deployed Engineer to join an AI Transformation team focused on turning AI concepts into production solutions for a large enterprise. You will collaborate with stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities and rapidly prototype AI-powered applications that deliver measurable business outcomes.

You will work on greenfield initiatives, shaping enterprise AI adoption, and establishing best practices for scalable AI implementations.