Associate Director, Forward‑Deployed AI Engineer

Kyndryl; Florida; Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Medical and dental coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Kyndryl is seeking an Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer, to lead AI engagements and shape modern architectural blueprints from Frisco Lab. You will design frontends, build backend pipelines, and orchestrate multi-agent workflows in a fast, high-autonomy environment.

Hybrid role based in Frisco, TX, with strong focus on RAG, vector databases, and cloud deployment to deliver measurable business value for Fortune 100 clients. Relocation to Dallas area may be required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and JavaScript/TypeScript backend development.
• Hands-on experience building, designing, and deploying applications using modern frameworks and orchestrators (e.g., LangChain, AutoGen, or CrewAI) in production.
• Experience designing and maintaining modern frontend applications (React, Angular, or Vue), particularly handling streaming data or real-time query responses.
• Practical understanding and deployment experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Milvus, Qdrant, Chroma).
• Experience deploying containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes to major cloud hyper-scalers (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and distributed computing architectures.
• Strong proficiency with SQL (PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases, alongside solid data engineering tools such as Pandas and Spark.
• Deep familiarity with Git, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, version control, and modern software delivery best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design full-stack architectures and rapid prototypes for AI-driven solutions.
• Build frontend interfaces with React/Angular/Vue and robust backend APIs.
• Develop and deploy data pipelines and microservices in production.
• Configure and optimize RAG architectures and vector engines.
• Collaborate with client teams and drive end-to-end technical delivery.

Skills

Python

JavaScript/TypeScript

Frontend development

LLM/AI

SQL (PostgreSQL)

NoSQL

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

LangChain

AutoGen

CrewAI

Docker

Kubernetes

Pinecone

Milvus

Qdrant

Chroma

Job description

Kyndryl is seeking an Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer, to lead AI engagements and shape modern architectural blueprints from Frisco Lab. You will design frontends, build backend pipelines, and orchestrate multi-agent workflows in a fast, high-autonomy environment.

Hybrid role based in Frisco, TX, with strong focus on RAG, vector databases, and cloud deployment to deliver measurable business value for Fortune 100 clients. Relocation to Dallas area may be required.