Associate Forward Deployed Engineer Trida AI Charlotte, NC (Remote) Contract · 1 week ago

Trida Labs; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Part time

Job summary

Trida AI deploys Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprise customer teams to design, build, and ship production AI systems - agents, retrieval, and data integrations - and to leave behind systems the customer can operate themselves. Success is production adoption and measurable workflow impact, not a demo.

Travel to customer sites up to 30% may be required depending on the engagement.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years shipping software, or a strong portfolio/internship record showing the same.
• Production Python, comfortable with APIs and cloud basics.
• Understand LLMs, RAG and embeddings beyond tutorials, and can explain evaluation basics.
• Communicate clearly in writing and with customer engineers.

Responsibilities

• Co-own a scoped workstream on a customer deployment (RAG pipeline, agent workflow, eval set, or integration) alongside a Senior FDE
• Ship production code from your first weeks, not prototypes
• Build and test LLM-powered features: retrieval, prompt/context design, tool use
• Create evaluation sets and run regression checks before releases
• Demo progress and document decisions for customer stakeholders weekly
• Complete the Trida Academy FDE certification path as part of your development

Skills

Production Python

APIs

Cloud basics

LLMs

RAG

Embeddings

Communication with engineers

Job description

Applications may be assessed in part using Trida's skill-based tools (verified certifications, skill tests, and FitScore), always alongside human review before any hiring decision.

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Work Model: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Experience: 1-3 Years

Compensation: $50-$70 per hour

About Trida AI

Trida AI is a Forward Deployed Engineering services company that helps enterprises design, build, and deploy production AI systems. Our engineers embed with customer teams to ship agentic workflows, retrieval and data integrations, and the evaluation and hardening work that turns pilots into dependable production systems. Trida AI is expanding its services footprint across the United States as demand for production AI delivery grows.

About the Role

Trida AI deploys Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprise customer teams to design, build, and ship production AI systems - agents, retrieval, and data integrations - and to leave behind systems the customer can operate themselves. Success is production adoption and measurable workflow impact, not a demo. Travel to customer sites up to 30% may be required depending on the engagement.

What You'll Do

Co-own a scoped workstream on a customer deployment (RAG pipeline, agent workflow, eval set, or integration) alongside a Senior FDE

Ship production code from your first weeks, not prototypes

Build and test LLM-powered features: retrieval, prompt/context design, tool use

Create evaluation sets and run regression checks before releases

Demo progress and document decisions for customer stakeholders weekly

Complete the Trida Academy FDE certification path as part of your development

What We're Looking For

1-3 years shipping software, or a strong portfolio/internship record showing the same

Production Python, comfortable with APIs and cloud basics

Understand LLMs, RAG and embeddings beyond tutorials, and can explain evaluation basics

Communicate clearly in writing and with customer engineers

Additional Information

Must be authorized to work in the US; Trida AI does not provide sponsorship. Trida AI LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds. If you need an accommodation in the application process, contact [e-mail]. Location: Remote - United States (Charlotte, NC base).

About Trida AI

Forward-deployed AI engineers embedded in your company to build, ship, and run AI systems that actually work in production.