Forward Deployed Engineer Lead / Architect

TekCommands Inc.; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

TekCommands Inc. in Minneapolis, MN seeks a senior Forward Deployed Engineer/Architect to lead and deploy AI-enabled enterprise applications for clients.

The role combines full-stack development expertise with modern AI technologies and customer-facing leadership in a highly visible capacity. Candidates should have 8–10 years of software engineering, strong API/microservices skills, cloud-native architecture, and experience with Azure OpenAI, LangChain or similar tools.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong API, microservices, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps/CI-CD skills.
• Experience with Azure, Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry, LLM integrations.
• Knowledge of AI agents, agentic workflows, LangGraph, LangChain or similar frameworks.
• Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams or delivery pods.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and consulting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and architect AI-enabled enterprise applications for clients.
• Manage delivery pods and engineering teams with strong leadership.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs.

Skills

Software engineering

APIs & microservices

Azure & AI

AI agents

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Minneapolis, MN

12+ Months Contract

Forward Deployed Engineer Leads/Architects to build and deploy AI-enabled enterprise applications. This is a highly visible opportunity for senior engineers who combine strong full-stack development expertise with modern AI technologies and customer-facing leadership skills.

Required Skills

• 8–10 years of software engineering experience
• Strong experience with APIs, microservices, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps/CI-CD
• Experience with Azure, Azure OpenAI, AI Foundry, LLM integrations, and AI-assisted development tools
• Knowledge of AI agents, agentic workflows, LangGraph, LangChain, or similar frameworks
• Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams or delivery pods
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and consulting skills

Preferred

• Experience delivering AI-enabled applications in production
• Healthcare, PBM, Insurance, or other regulated industry experience
• Experience leading AI-native or Agentic AI initiatives