Forward-Deployed AI Engineer - Japan/Korea (APAC)

Cloudera; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Flexible WFH

Wellness programs

Tech stipend

Job summary

Cloudera is seeking a seasoned Forward Deployed AI Engineer to embed with customers, shape technical direction, and deliver scalable, enterprise‑quality AI applications. You will build AI apps, partner with strategic customers, and codify patterns into repeatable playbooks while mentoring teams and aligning AI initiatives with business goals.

This role requires 5+ years of production AI experience, strong software and data skills, and the ability to work autonomously in fast‑moving enterprise

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and deploying production‑grade systems, including 2‑3 years experience building Generative AI or agentic applications.
• Strong hands‑on software engineering, data engineering, and applied AI/ML skills, with experience building full‑stack AI applications or agentic systems using modern AI frameworks and tooling.
• Experience with foundation models, context engineering, fine‑tuning, semantic search, Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG), and agentic workflows.
• Deep understanding of LLMOps/MLOps practices including evaluation, observability, serving, monitoring, and lifecycle management.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable AI solution architectures aligned to enterprise standards (security, governance, compliance, etc.).
• The ability to engage directly with customers, both technical and executive audiences - to translate needs into actionable technical strategy.
• High agency with the ability to operate autonomously and thrive in ambiguous, fast‑moving customer environments.
• A collaborative mindset and passion for enabling others through mentorship, internal enablement, or reusable tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build & Prototype AI Apps - Develop full‑stack AI applications on Cloudera to demonstrate how AI and agentic systems solve real enterprise use cases
• Partner with Strategic Customers - Work directly with customer teams to drive AI and agentic use cases from early prototype toward production readiness
• Shape Enterprise AI Strategy - Advise customer leaders on AI roadmaps, use case prioritization, deployment considerations, and align AI initiatives with business goals
• Codify Solution Patterns - Standardize successful patterns into repeatable reference architectures, productized solutions, starter kits, and internal playbooks
• Multiply impact - Mentor Cloudera teams, and contribute to resources that grow our AI capability. Channel field and customer signal back to Product teams to improve our AI platform and products

Skills

Software engineering

Data engineering

Applied AI/ML

Generative AI

Agentic AI

Full-stack AI apps

Foundation models

LLMOps/MLOps

Context engineering

Tools

NVIDIA GPUs

Model serving

Distributed AI workloads

Spark

Iceberg

NiFi

Job description

Cloudera is seeking a seasoned Forward Deployed AI Engineer to embed with customers, shape technical direction, and deliver scalable, enterprise‑quality AI applications. You will build AI apps, partner with strategic customers, and codify patterns into repeatable playbooks while mentoring teams and aligning AI initiatives with business goals.

This role requires 5+ years of production AI experience, strong software and data skills, and the ability to work autonomously in fast‑moving enterprise