Forward Deployed Engineer: AI & Data Delivery Lead

Harnham; Texas; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Harnham is seeking Forward Deployed Engineering Consultants at Senior, Lead, and Manager levels to bridge business strategy and technical delivery in data and AI projects. Based in Dallas, TX, with openness to other major U.S.

cities, this role combines hands-on engineering with client-facing delivery. You will own end-to-end data pipelines, AI workflows, and enterprise solutions, mentoring teams and guiding engagements while staying hands-on.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering production-ready data/AI solutions.
• Hands-on Python and SQL experience with data pipelines or data-intensive apps.
• Translate business requirements into technical implementations for enterprise/client-facing environments.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms like Palantir Foundry, Databricks, Snowflake or equivalents.

Responsibilities

• Own technical workstreams from requirements gathering through design, implementation, deployment and adoption.
• Build and configure data pipelines, AI workflows, applications and enterprise solutions.
• Translate ambiguous business challenges into scalable technical solutions.
• Partner directly with client stakeholders, engineers, data leaders and business teams.
• Drive adoption through collaboration, technical enablement, documentation and knowledge transfer.
• Apply AI and modern data platforms to improve business processes and outcomes.
• At senior levels, provide technical direction, mentor engineers, lead delivery workstreams and guide client engagements while staying hands-on.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data engineering

Applied AI

Client engagement

Mentoring

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

Snowflake

Job description

Harnham is seeking Forward Deployed Engineering Consultants at Senior, Lead, and Manager levels to bridge business strategy and technical delivery in data and AI projects. Based in Dallas, TX, with openness to other major U.S.

cities, this role combines hands-on engineering with client-facing delivery. You will own end-to-end data pipelines, AI workflows, and enterprise solutions, mentoring teams and guiding engagements while staying hands-on.