Forward Deployed Engineer, Healthcare & Life Sciences Trida AI Houston, TX (Remote) Contract · 1 week ago

Trida Labs; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 145,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

Trida AI is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer for Healthcare & Life Sciences to design, build, and ship production AI systems inside customer teams. This role emphasizes production adoption and measurable workflow impact, with travel up to 50% depending on engagement.

The position is remote within the United States, with Houston, TX as a base; compensation is hourly, and Trida AI does not sponsor. Applicants must be authorized to work in the US.

Qualifications

• Senior-track deployment of production LLM systems.
• Healthcare or life-sciences domain experience.
• HIPAA-context experience is a strong plus when an engagement requires it.

Responsibilities

• Own deployments across clinical, operational or R&D workflows from discovery to handoff.
• Translate regulated workflow, data and infrastructure constraints into production systems.
• Build in sensitive-data environments where auditability and validation drive architecture.
• Establish workflow-specific benchmarks and launch criteria with clinical/domain stakeholders.

Skills

Production LLM systems

Customer-facing delivery

HIPAA data handling

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer, Healthcare & Life Sciences

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.

Forward Deployed Engineer - Healthcare & Life Sciences

Location: Houston, Texas, United States

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

Own deployments across clinical, operational or R&D workflows from discovery to handoff

Translate regulated workflow, data and infrastructure constraints into production systems

Build in sensitive-data environments where auditability and validation drive architecture

Establish workflow-specific benchmarks and launch criteria with clinical/domain stakeholders

What We're Looking For

The core FDE skill set at senior-track level (production LLM systems, customer-facing delivery)

Healthcare or life-sciences systems experience

Working knowledge of regulated data handling - HIPAA-context experience a strong plus where an engagement requires it

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 (Houston, TX base).

About Trida AI

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