Forward-Deployed AI Engineer Lead

PepsiCo

Purchase (NY)

On-site

USD 124,000 - 207,000

Full time

3 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision
Disability Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Bonus eligibility

Job summary

PepsiCo seeks an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineering Lead to design and deliver production-grade agent capabilities across cloud and edge. You will own end-to-end delivery of agentic modules, drive evaluation discipline, and partner with platform engineering and business units to scale solutions.

You will lead complex integrations with ERPs/CRMs, optimize model routing and memory, and shape client success through workshops and knowledge transfer while maintaining high standards for

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s in CS/AI/ML or equivalent experience.
  • Master’s degree preferred.
  • 12+ years in software lifecycle management.
  • Proven experience shipping LLM/agent solutions to production with measurable quality and RoI.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deploy AI agent solutions in client environments.
  • Customize agent patterns and enterprise integrations.
  • Translate requirements into production-ready solutions with strong discovery.
  • Optimize performance within client constraints (latency, reliability, throughput).
  • Create implementation playbooks to accelerate deployments.

Skills

Python/Java
Distributed systems
LLM/Agent systems
MLOps
Microservices
Technical leadership
On-site deployment
Client engagement
Evaluation frameworks
Security & compliance
BU success engineering

Education

Bachelor's CS/AI/ML
Master's preferred

Tools

LangChain
LangGraph
CrewAI
Docker
Kubernetes
Ray
FastAPI
asyncio
Pydantic
SAP
Oracle
Salesforce

Job description

PepsiCo seeks an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineering Lead to design and deliver production-grade agent capabilities across cloud and edge. You will own end-to-end delivery of agentic modules, drive evaluation discipline, and partner with platform engineering and business units to scale solutions.

You will lead complex integrations with ERPs/CRMs, optimize model routing and memory, and shape client success through workshops and knowledge transfer while maintaining high standards for

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