Field AI Engineer: Deploy Agentic AI with Enterprises

Skan, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Skan AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with customers and transform real-world processes into production-grade AI agents. You’ll bridge engineering, AI, and direct customer delivery, capturing how work truly happens, authoring agent logic, building integrations, and ensuring governance with human oversight.

The role emphasizes hands-on customer work, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering measurable business impact in enterprise environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software, data, ML engineering, solutions engineering or consulting.
• Strong Python and SQL with hands-on cloud experience.
• Experience with LLMs/AI agents in production or prototyping.
• Excellent communication with enterprise customers.
• Outcome-driven decisions grounded in evidence.
• Process intelligence / RPA / workflow-automation experience.

Responsibilities

• Embed with a customer team to understand target workflows and exceptions.
• Deploy observation software and translate observed work into agent specs.
• Author and validate the agent’s operating procedure and rules.
• Build, integrate, and configure the agent with guardrails and human-in-the-loop checks.
• Lead calibration, UAT, and shadow-mode validation through go-live.
• Instrument monitoring and quantify business lift from the agent.

Skills

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms

LLMs/AI agents

Enterprise comms

Process intelligence

Kubernetes

Problem solving

Tools

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

VDI/mainframe environments

Job description

Skan AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with customers and transform real-world processes into production-grade AI agents. You’ll bridge engineering, AI, and direct customer delivery, capturing how work truly happens, authoring agent logic, building integrations, and ensuring governance with human oversight.

The role emphasizes hands-on customer work, cross-functional collaboration, and delivering measurable business impact in enterprise environments.