Forward Deployed AI Engineer REQ_55, REQ_56

3Pillar Global, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

3Pillar Global, Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join our remote US delivery teams.

You will work directly with enterprise clients to analyze architectures, prototype solutions, and deploy production-grade code in client environments. This role blends deep software development with strategic consulting, requiring strong communication, rapid prototyping, and the ability to integrate across diverse cloud stacks and data pipelines.

Qualifications

• Senior/Staff-level engineer with a track record shipping production-grade systems.
• Fluency across modern backend environments and API integration patterns.
• Deep cloud architecture experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) and strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Technical Discovery & Rapid Prototyping: analyze client stacks, build PoCs, and demonstrate feasibility.
• Hands-on client deployment: embed with client teams and deliver production-grade code.
• Integration & Systems Engineering: bridge gaps between architectures across clouds and data pipelines.
• Technical onboarding & hand-off: document code and mentor engineers for deployment patterns.

Skills

Python

Backend systems

APIs

Cloud platforms

Job description

Remote- United States of America Remote, United States of America Remote, United States ..+ 1

Employee

Regular

Job Description

3Pillar is an AI transformation partner on a mission to help enterprises build the AI-native products and intelligent agents that will define the next era of business. With teams across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia, we work with the most ambitious companies in financial services, healthcare, media, and technology — helping them move faster, modernize boldly, and compete on their own terms. Our HelixAI platform and Helix Pods delivery model put our engineers at the center of real agentic transformation — doing work that is open, portable, and built to last. We are building the future of enterprise AI.

Location: Canada (Remote/Hybrid), open to US

Position Overview

The Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) is a highly technical, customer-facing engineering role that sits at the intersection of complex software development and strategic client architecture. FDEs work directly with prospective and existing enterprise clients to understand their architectural challenges, rapidly build high-impact proofs-of-concept (PoCs), and embed within client engineering environments to deploy production-grade code.

This role balances technical execution with strategic consulting, shifting from early-stage architecture discovery to hands-on software delivery and integration.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Discovery & Rapid Prototyping: Partner with sales and solutions teams during early-stage discovery to analyze a client's existing technical stack, data pipelines, and infrastructure. Rapidly construct working prototypes, mock integrations, and core code patterns to demonstrate technical feasibility and value.

Hands-on Client Deployment: Embed directly with client engineering teams to transition a proposed architecture into a live production environment. Write robust, clean, and maintainable code to build out core platforms, data pipelines, or automated frameworks.

Integration & Systems Engineering: Tackle complex systems integration challenges, working with diverse environments, cloud providers, and emerging automated frameworks to bridge gaps between disparate client architectures.

Technical Onboarding & Hand-off: Deliver production-ready codebases with exceptional documentation and architectural guardrails. Partner with internal long-term product delivery teams to ensure a seamless technical hand-off, mentoring core engineers on the specific patterns and environments established during the deployment phase.

Core Qualifications

Senior/Staff-Level Engineering Background: Extensive hands-on experience in software engineering, systems architecture, or data engineering, with a proven track record of shipping production-grade systems.

Polyglot & Systems Fluency: Mastery of modern backend environments (such as Python), environment configuration management, and complex API/system integration patterns.

Cloud Architecture: Deep engineering competence with at least one major cloud ecosystem (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud).

Consultative Problem Solving: Strong communication skills with the ability to sit shoulder-to-shoulder with a client’s engineering leadership, understand ambiguous requirements, and quickly translate them into an execution plan.

Execution Speed: Ability to land in an unfamiliar codebase or architecture and confidently begin committing clean code and resolving technical hurdles on day one.

Job Snapshot

Updated Date

09/15/2026

Job ID

Job_181

Department

Location

Location Remote- United States of America Remote, United States of America Remote, United States ..+ 1