Forward-Deployed AI Engineer Lead

PepsiCo Inc.; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

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