Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Rapid Prototyping

JLL; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave

Job summary

JLL is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to operate at the frontline of innovation, embedded with product and engineering teams to rapidly design, prototype, and deploy AI-enabled solutions. You will deliver working prototypes in days, not months, while upholding enterprise-grade standards for quality, security, and scalability.

You bring hands-on experience spanning AI agents and full-stack development, plus the ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 15+ years Software / Infrastructure Development.
• Architect end-to-end systems with documentation and stakeholder communication.
• Hands-on experience building AI agents, including defining agent skills, tool use, memory, and multi-step reasoning.
• Experience with AI-Augmented Engineering using tools like Claude Code, Codex, or equivalents.
• Direct experience with AWS Agent Core.
• Knowledge of MCP servers to connect agents with external systems.
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or Semantic Kernel.
• Proficiency in Python and a frontend framework (React/Vue/Angular).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills; thrive in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution design for complex, cross-functional data and AI problems - from initial discovery through to technical blueprint.
• Define and communicate architecture decisions, trade-offs, and delivery approaches to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Design scalable, modular systems that balance speed with enterprise standards for reliability, security, and maintainability.
• Participate in architecture reviews, ensuring alignment with enterprise patterns and platform standards.
• Create clear technical documentation: architecture diagrams, data flow maps, API contracts, and solution briefs.
• Design and deliver working prototypes for complex data and AI problems within compressed timeframes, often days to weeks.
• Translate ambiguous business requirements into concrete technical solutions with minimal hand-holding.
• Balance speed of delivery with enterprise standards - prototypes are production-ready.
• Continuously iterate on solutions based on feedback from product managers, program leads, and end users.
• Develop intuitive front-end interfaces and dashboards for business users.
• Apply UX instincts to simplify complex flows and make agent outputs accessible to non-technical stakeholders.
• Design, build, and deploy AI agents and multi-agent systems that automate complex workflows end-to-end.
• Develop and maintain agent skills and MCP integrations.
• Implement evaluation harnesses, guardrails, and monitoring pipelines for production use.

Skills

AI agents

Full-stack development

System architecture

AWS Agent Core

Communication skills

LangChain / LangGraph

Python

React/Vue/Angular

Cloud platforms

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

JLL is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to operate at the frontline of innovation, embedded with product and engineering teams to rapidly design, prototype, and deploy AI-enabled solutions. You will deliver working prototypes in days, not months, while upholding enterprise-grade standards for quality, security, and scalability.

You bring hands-on experience spanning AI agents and full-stack development, plus the ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders.