Lead AI Deployment Engineer — Forward‑Deployed

Prologis; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

Prologis seeks a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer to drive enterprise AI deployments across multiple domains. You will work hands-on in architecture, code and production implementation while guiding senior engineers and partner teams.

The role anchors on delivering measurable business value through redesigned workflows and reusable components. As the first FDE hire, you will shape Prologis' AI delivery methodology, join cross-functional programs, and ensure production readiness with strong

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of hands-on software or AI delivery experience.
• Proven success leading complex deployments from discovery to production.
• Partnering with business leaders to reimagine end-to-end processes with AI.
• Strong programming and architecture skills across Python, APIs and cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of AI deployments across workflows and domains.
• Define architecture, milestones, ownership and handoff plans.
• Collaborate with business leaders to identify high-value AI opportunities.
• Architect, build, test and productionize AI applications and integrations.
• Mentor senior engineers and drive technical discovery and governance.

Skills

Python

APIs

Cloud

LLM apps

Agentic systems

Retrieval

Tool integration

Observability

Executive communication

Tools

AWS

Dataiku

SQL

CI/CD

Containers

Job description

Prologis seeks a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer to drive enterprise AI deployments across multiple domains. You will work hands-on in architecture, code and production implementation while guiding senior engineers and partner teams.

The role anchors on delivering measurable business value through redesigned workflows and reusable components. As the first FDE hire, you will shape Prologis' AI delivery methodology, join cross-functional programs, and ensure production readiness with strong