Forward Deployed Engineer - Enterprise AI & Cloud

NTT Ltd.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 92,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking an Intermediate Forward Deployed Engineer in the United States for a hybrid role that blends hands-on engineering with enterprise AI/cloud delivery. You will work within an FDE POD to convert business needs into production-grade solutions on AWS and NTT DATA platforms, focusing on agentic AI adoption and modernization engagements.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of hands-on software, cloud, data or AI engineering experience, strong architectural skills, and the ability to

Qualifications

• Degree-related and certs required as listed in qualifications.
• Experience delivering cloud/AI enterprise solutions.
• Ability to own defined technical workstreams in embedded delivery teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as experienced contributor within an FDE POD on defined solution components.
• Translate client priorities into technical requirements and measurable outcomes.
• Design solution components and contribute to overall architecture.
• Build and integrate APIs and data pipelines with client teams.
• Ensure production readiness, observability and security compliance.
• Collaborate with senior engineers and facilitate knowledge sharing.
• Support workshops and communicate findings to stakeholders.

Skills

Software engineering

Cloud architecture

AI/Agentic systems

Client engagement

Distributed systems

DevOps

Observability

Security

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, IT or related field

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

AWS Generative AI Developer Professional

Azure / Google Cloud certifications

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Containers

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking an Intermediate Forward Deployed Engineer in the United States for a hybrid role that blends hands-on engineering with enterprise AI/cloud delivery. You will work within an FDE POD to convert business needs into production-grade solutions on AWS and NTT DATA platforms, focusing on agentic AI adoption and modernization engagements.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of hands-on software, cloud, data or AI engineering experience, strong architectural skills, and the ability to