Hands-On Forward-Deployed AI Architect

Crowe; South Bend (IN); Remote; USD 102,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Flexible remote work policy

Career growth

Job summary

Crowe is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Architect (Manager) to design, develop, and deliver production AI solutions for clients. You will own solution architecture, feasibility, and production readiness, while staying hands‑on with coding and prototyping.

You’ll collaborate with Crowe Studio’s Forward Deployed Engineering practice and cross‑functional teams to deploy scalable, secure AI apps, including agentic systems and enterprise workflows, across cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a technical field.
• Minimum 6 years of production software/AI engineering experience.
• Strong hands‑on software engineering and production deployment experience.
• Experience architecting cloud‑native apps on Azure/AWS/GCP.
• Familiar with LLM patterns, RAG, embeddings, and agentic workflows.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect end‑to‑end AI solutions including generative AI applications and agentic systems.
• Lead architecture for AI build & POC engagements with scalability and security in mind.
• Remain hands‑on across development, data integration, prototyping, and debugging.
• Design cloud‑native AI solutions across Azure, AWS, GCP ecosystems.
• Mentor engineers and set engineering standards across client engagements.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams on architecture decisions & tradeoffs.

Skills

Hands-on software engineering

Cloud engineering

Generative AI familiarity

Client-facing skills

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Observability

Azure AI

SageMaker

Vertex AI

Job description

Crowe is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Architect (Manager) to design, develop, and deliver production AI solutions for clients. You will own solution architecture, feasibility, and production readiness, while staying hands‑on with coding and prototyping.

You’ll collaborate with Crowe Studio’s Forward Deployed Engineering practice and cross‑functional teams to deploy scalable, secure AI apps, including agentic systems and enterprise workflows, across cloud platforms.