Forward-Deployed AI Engineer — TS/SCI, Colorado Springs

accrete; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Comprehensive Insurance

401(k) Plan

Growth & Development

Onsite Perks

Job summary

Accrete seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to join a compact team delivering AI-enabled solutions for government and enterprise clients in Colorado Springs. You will bridge data strategy and delivery, organizing efforts to transform scattered inputs into a cohesive view and actionable capability.

You will partner with analysts, engineers, and product managers to ensure timely, on-budget delivery while maintaining high standards of quality and security.

Qualifications

• Current US security clearance at TS/SCI level.
• Willingness to travel 25–75% depending on team/location.
• Strong ability to translate customer needs into AI-enabled workflows.

Responsibilities

• Work on site with customer analysts to learn the key questions they must answer and the friction points that slow them down.
• Locate and evaluate the datasets that matter most, then partner with engineers to bring them into reliable, scalable pipelines.
• Design tailored workflows with customers for new groups of users.
• Run training and enablement sessions so the product fits real needs and is adopted broadly enough to make a measurable difference to customer operations.
• Share findings and recommendations with audiences from frontline analysts to senior executives.
• Act as a first responder when problems surface, diagnosing issues and putting creative, practical fixes in place.
• Find and clear bottlenecks, blockers, and friction so teammates can concentrate on the work they do best.
• Build processes and tools that make better use of people, time, and resources.
• Work with Accrete colleagues to identify process gaps, scope new initiatives, and deliver results on schedule, on budget, and at a high quality bar.
• Collaborate with engineering and design teams to carry lessons from the field back into Accrete's broader product offerings.
• Prepare and present demos for current and prospective customers.
• Evaluate opportunities in new industries and geographies as Accrete's footprint grows.
• Draw on the team's shared expertise, build new skills where gaps exist, and act on feedback to keep growing.

Skills

Security clearance

AI prompt engineering

Agent building

Travel readiness

Python

R

Matlab

SQL

Tools

Python

R

Matlab

SQL

Job description

Accrete seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to join a compact team delivering AI-enabled solutions for government and enterprise clients in Colorado Springs. You will bridge data strategy and delivery, organizing efforts to transform scattered inputs into a cohesive view and actionable capability.

You will partner with analysts, engineers, and product managers to ensure timely, on-budget delivery while maintaining high standards of quality and security.