Forward‑Deployed AI Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Boston (MA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an Forward Deployed Engineer II to embed with enterprise customers, independently designing, building, and running AI‑powered production systems alongside customer teams. The role requires 30–50% travel and ownership across requirements gathering to deployment.

You'll deliver production‑grade software, mentor others, and accelerate customer adoption of AI solutions, leveraging AWS services and deep customer engagement experience.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non‑internship software development experience.
• 2+ years in Agile, startup, or rapidly scaling environment.
• Experience with AI agents, eval frameworks, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering.

Responsibilities

• Embed within customer engineering teams and translate requirements into designs.
• Build production AI applications with cohesive AI experiences.
• Own production for your workstream across the full software lifecycle.
• Mentor and uplift team members on high‑quality code and processes.
• Identify opportunities to expand AI adoption and improve operations.

Skills

Agile environment

AI tooling

Customer communication

Production software

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

React

TypeScript

Python

Go

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking an Forward Deployed Engineer II to embed with enterprise customers, independently designing, building, and running AI‑powered production systems alongside customer teams. The role requires 30–50% travel and ownership across requirements gathering to deployment.

You'll deliver production‑grade software, mentor others, and accelerate customer adoption of AI solutions, leveraging AWS services and deep customer engagement experience.