Enterprise AI Solutions Engineer - Tokyo Deployment Lead

telnyx54; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

telnyx54 seeks a senior engineer to embed with enterprise customers in Tokyo, architecting and shipping production systems on a global AI network. You will own the technical path from discovery through architecture, POC, and production go-live, focusing on real workloads like AI contact centers and global communications.

The role requires 3+ years shipping production software, expertise in Python/Node.js/TypeScript/Go, and Kubernetes. Hybrid work with travel in Japan/APAC is expected.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building and shipping production software.
• Proficiency in Python, Node.js or TypeScript, and Go.
• Experience deploying containerized services on Kubernetes.
• Strong English communication; Japanese language skills are a plus.
• Based in Tokyo or willing to relocate; hybrid with travel across Japan/APAC.

Responsibilities

• Embed with enterprise customers to understand workflows, AI use cases, and integration challenges.
• Build and deploy custom implementations including AI voice assistants, voice, messaging, fax, wireless, and WebRTC integrations.
• Run and operate open-weight LLMs through hosted inference or self-hosted stacks, including deploying LiteLLM as a model gateway.
• Instrument LLM usage with cost tracking, observability, and guardrails; wire production observability for everything shipped.
• Lead POCs, pilots, and production launches from whiteboard to go-live, owning customer outcomes until stable.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to shape the roadmap based on field insights across Japan and APAC.

Skills

Python

Node.js/TypeScript

Go

API development

Tools

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Graylog

ELK

Kafka

Job description

telnyx54 seeks a senior engineer to embed with enterprise customers in Tokyo, architecting and shipping production systems on a global AI network. You will own the technical path from discovery through architecture, POC, and production go-live, focusing on real workloads like AI contact centers and global communications.

The role requires 3+ years shipping production software, expertise in Python/Node.js/TypeScript/Go, and Kubernetes. Hybrid work with travel in Japan/APAC is expected.