Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Generative AI on Azure

Sapient Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 155,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Paid leave and holidays

Health benefits for you and family

Work-life balance

Job summary

Publicis Sapient is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer focused on Generative AI and Azure to design and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure.

The role blends software and data engineering with cloud architecture and AI expertise, collaborating with stakeholders across architecture, product, and engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.

Qualifications

• Hands-on with LLMs and Generative AI.
• Experience with Azure OpenAI or enterprise LLM platforms.
• Knowledge of RAG, AI agents, embeddings, and vector/semantic search.
• Understanding of enterprise AI architecture and data integration.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Generative AI solutions on Azure OpenAI and LLMs.
• Build scalable data pipelines and data models with Azure components.
• Architect cloud-native Azure solutions with security and deployment automation.
• Leverage vector and semantic search for enterprise knowledge grounding.
• Develop APIs to connect AI apps with enterprise data and systems.
• Translate business requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Contribute to solution architecture decisions across AI, data, and cloud domains.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and engineering teams throughout delivery.

Skills

LLMs & Generative AI

Azure OpenAI

RAG architectures

AI agents

Embeddings

Vector search

Semantic search

Knowledge-grounded AI

Cloud architecture

Enterprise AI

Tools

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Databricks Unity Catalog

Job description

Publicis Sapient is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer focused on Generative AI and Azure to design and deliver enterprise-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure.

The role blends software and data engineering with cloud architecture and AI expertise, collaborating with stakeholders across architecture, product, and engineering teams to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.