Forward-Deployed AI Engineer: GenAI & Agents

International Business Machines Corporation; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer – AI to partner with clients and transform complex business challenges into production AI solutions. You will prototype, deploy, and scale GenAI, agentic AI, and data-driven analytics with strong software engineering practices.

You will work across LangGraph, CrewAI, LangChain, and hyperscaler platforms to deliver measurable business value, while collaborating with clients to drive adoption and reusable solutions.

Qualifications

• 5-7+ years delivering production AI solutions.
• Strong Python/SQL and GenAI/agentic AI experience.
• Experience with cloud AI platforms and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Identify AI use cases with client teams and define success metrics.
• Build end-to-end GenAI and agentic AI apps using LangGraph, CrewAI and cloud platforms.
• Design LLM-powered agents, tool use, orchestration, prompts and evaluation.
• Prepare data and integrate AI with enterprise systems and APIs.
• Scale and operationalize AI with MLOps, testing and governance.
• Demonstrate outcomes and support client adoption.

Skills

Python

SQL

GenAI

Agentic AI

LLMs

MLOps

Cloud platforms

Data processing

Communication

API integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Tools

LangGraph

CrewAI

LangChain

Vertex AI

Azure AI Foundry

Amazon Bedrock

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

REST APIs

Job description

IBM Consulting is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer – AI to partner with clients and transform complex business challenges into production AI solutions. You will prototype, deploy, and scale GenAI, agentic AI, and data-driven analytics with strong software engineering practices.

You will work across LangGraph, CrewAI, LangChain, and hyperscaler platforms to deliver measurable business value, while collaborating with clients to drive adoption and reusable solutions.