Forward Deployed Engineer, Financial Services Trida AI Chicago, IL (Remote) Contract · 1 week ago

Trida Labs; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 145,000 - 207,000; Part time

Job summary

Trida AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with enterprise customer teams and design, build, and ship production AI systems—agents, retrieval, and data integrations—leaving behind operable assets. Travel to sites may be required up to 50% depending on the engagement.

You will deploy production AI in regulated industries, ensuring architectures balance latency, cost, and model risk while adhering to audit and access-control constraints from day one.

Qualifications

• The core FDE skill set at senior-track level (production LLM systems, customer-facing delivery).
• Familiarity with regulated-environment controls, audit trails and data sensitivity.

Responsibilities

• Deliver production AI in banking, insurance and fintech workflows, embedded with customer teams.
• Design architectures that balance quality, safety, latency, cost and model risk.
• Work within audit, compliance and access-control constraints from day one.
• Produce eval and acceptance evidence suitable for regulated review.

Skills

Production LLM systems

Customer-facing delivery

Regulated-environment controls

Job description

Applications may be assessed in part using Trida's skill-based tools (verified certifications, skill tests, and FitScore), always alongside human review before any hiring decision.

Work Model:

Remote

Employment Type:

Contract

Experience:

5-10 Years

Compensation:

$105-150 per hour

About Trida AI

Trida AI is a Forward Deployed Engineering services company that helps enterprises design, build, and deploy production AI systems. Our engineers embed with customer teams to ship agentic workflows, retrieval and data integrations, and the evaluation and hardening work that turns pilots into dependable production systems. Trida AI is expanding its services footprint across the United States as demand for production AI delivery grows.

About the Role

Trida AI deploys Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprise customer teams to design, build, and ship production AI systems - agents, retrieval, and data integrations - and to leave behind systems the customer can operate themselves. Success is production adoption and measurable workflow impact, not a demo. Travel to customer sites up to 50% may be required depending on the engagement.

What You'll Do

• Deliver production AI in banking, insurance and fintech workflows, embedded with customer teams
• Design architectures that balance quality, safety, latency, cost and model risk
• Work within audit, compliance and access-control constraints from day one
• Produce eval and acceptance evidence suitable for regulated review

What We're Looking For

• The core FDE skill set at senior-track level (production LLM systems, customer-facing delivery)
• Familiarity with regulated-environment controls, audit trails and data sensitivity

Additional Information

Must be authorized to work in the US; Trida AI does not provide sponsorship. Trida AI LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds. If you need an accommodation in the application process, contact [e-mail]. Location: Remote - United States (Chicago, IL base).

About Trida AI

Forward-deployed AI engineers embedded in your company to build, ship, and run AI systems that actually work in production.