Principal AI Forward-Deployed Engineer

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Arlington (VA)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 271,000

Full time

11 hours ago

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Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with strategic enterprise customers, defining technical strategy and engineering standards for AI‑powered production systems at scale.

The role blends deep software craft with strategic influence across multi‑workstream engagements and reusable architectures that scale the FDE practice. The candidate must be a US citizen with an active Top Secret clearance, and must obtain TS/SCI with polygraph or equivalent clearance

Qualifications

10+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience.
8+ years of experience leading the design and architecture of large‑scale production systems in customer‑facing or enterprise environments.
Experience building production AI or ML platforms used across multiple products or customers.
Experience with enterprise‑scale agentic workflows, multi‑agent orchestration, or AI system governance.
Current, active US Government Security Clearance of Top Secret or above.

Responsibilities

Define technical strategy across engagements and set the technical direction for complex AI programs; travel up to 25%.
Design and build multi‑agent orchestration frameworks and enterprise‑grade AI architectures that scale across engagements.
Define operational standards and production readiness criteria for AI systems across the FDE practice.
Identify systemic opportunities to expand AI adoption across multiple customer organizations with accelerators and reusable platforms.
Define engineering excellence standards and contribute to talent growth and promotions within the FDE practice.