Forward Deployed AI Engineer

D.R. Horton; Arlington (TX); Presencial; USD 140 000 - 190 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical, Dental and Vision

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flex Spending Accounts

Life & Disability Insurance

Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and City

Company Holidays

Resumo da oferta

D.R. Horton, Inc. in Arlington, TX, is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to bridge business problems and technical execution, turning emerging AI capabilities into practical solutions that drive field workflows.

You will prototype, productionize AI apps, connect data and APIs, and partner with product, architecture, and security to deliver measurable business value. Travel overnight as needed; 5+ years in software/AI engineering preferred.

Qualificações

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, engineering, data science, or related field.
• 5+ years in software/AI/data engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, and production AI patterns.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ability to work with business users and field teams.

Responsabilidades

• Embed with business and field teams to understand workflows and pain points.
• Prototype and productionize AI-enabled applications and workflows.
• Connect enterprise data, models, APIs, and third-party capabilities.
• Define MVP scope with Product and ensure scalable, secure solutions.
• Drive field testing, adoption, and iteration.
• Represent the function in governance, security, and readiness activities.
• Stay current on AI practices and apply new capabilities for business value.
• Identify new opportunities where data and AI create value.
• Travel as needed.

Conhecimentos

Software engineering

AI engineering

Data engineering

Communication skills

Independence

Data engineering

Production AI

Communication

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree

Ferramentas

LLMs

RAG

Agents

Tool integration

Prompt engineering

Document AI

Descrição da oferta de emprego

D.R. Horton, Inc. is currently looking for a Forward Deployed AI Engineer. As the nation's largest homebuilder by volume, D.R. Horton is transforming how it uses data, AI, and digital solutions for the next generation of homebuilding, and we pair the reach of a national enterprise with a culture built on local ownership, practical innovation, and deep business partnerships. Our teams focus on solutions that work in the field and deliver real results, not technology for its own sake. In this role, you'll have a critical opportunity to shape modern capabilities that will influence how the company operates for years to come.

The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will work at the intersection of business problems and technical execution, helping turn emerging AI capabilities into practical solutions. This role will partner directly with business and technology teams to discover opportunities, rapidly prototype, connect data and AI to real workflows, and help move successful ideas into production. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable in a business conversation and writing code, thrives in ambiguity, and enjoys demonstrating what is possible through working solutions. Success in this role means working solutions in the hands of business users within weeks, measurable improvement in the workflows they touch, and patterns that other teams reuse.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Embed with business and field teams to understand workflows, decisions, pain points, data, local variation, and measurable outcomes
• Rapidly prototype and productionize AI-enabled applications, agents, copilots, APIs, workflow automations, and decision-support experiences
• Connect enterprise data, models, APIs, and third‑party capabilities into practical end‑user solutions
• Work with Product to define MVP scope and with Architecture, Platform, Governance, and Security to ensure solutions can scale safely
• Drive field testing, feedback, adoption, and iteration and translate lessons from one business unit into reusable enterprise patterns
• Represent the function in cross‑functional discovery, architecture, governance, operational‑readiness, and continuous‑improvement activities as appropriate
• Stay current on relevant data, AI, digital, software, and industry practices and apply new capabilities when they create practical business value
• Identify, shape, and pilot new opportunities where data, AI, and digital capabilities can create business value, operating with an owner's mindset and a bias toward building, testing, and learning quickly
• Conduct all business in a professional and ethical manner
• Ability to travel overnight

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of software engineering, AI engineering, solutions engineering, data engineering, or comparable experience
• Practical experience with LLMs, RAG, agents, tool and MCP integration, prompt/context engineering, evaluation, document AI and unstructured data, and production AI patterns
• Exceptional communication and relationship‑building skills with willingness to spend significant time with business users and field teams
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership, communicate clearly, and deliver results in an evolving environment
• Ability to build trusted relationships across the organization, balancing enterprise standards with business needs and operating realities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in forward‑deployed engineering, consulting, solution architecture, product engineering, or startup environments, and experience working across multiple model providers and AI platforms, is preferred
• Experience in homebuilding, real estate, construction, mortgage, title, land development, sales, purchasing, finance, customer care, or another distributed operating business is a plus
• Experience working in a large enterprise with complex enterprise environments is preferred
• Experience founding, incubating, or building new products, capabilities, or businesses from the ground up is a plus

Come joina winning team with a Fortune 500 company! We are growing fast and are looking for enthusiastic attitudes and team players to join our success. We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and Company Holidays
• Multiple Voluntary and Company provided Benefits

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