Remote Lead AI Deployment Engineer

Smart IT Frame LLC; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Altimetrik is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Lead who will operate at the front lines of AI deployment, embedding within client environments to build production-grade agentic AI systems. This Senior IC role involves end-to-end lifecycle ownership from discovery to client integration, focusing on measurable business value beyond code.

You will lead AI deployment, collaborate with the engineering team, and ensure security, latency, and reliability in regulated environments, with travel

Qualifications

• 15+ years of hands-on AI / Data / Software engineering experience.
• Proficient in Python, SQL, and orchestration frameworks.
• Experience delivering production AI/data systems in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the client technical engagement and the POD delivering it: Executive communication, reference architectures, alongside building POCs with teammates.
• Drive prototype to production system buildout through tight iteration and feedback cycles, ensure constant learning from evals and demos.
• Collaborate with the larger engineering team to build AI capabilities in the enterprise context.
• Optimize AI workflows for performance, low latency, and reliability under real-client constraints.
• Harden systems for security and compliance, ensuring models operate safely within regulated environments.
• Utilize advanced AI coding assistants or agentic development tools such as Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, regularly to meet client needs.
• Embed deeply with customer engineering teams to translate open-ended business challenges into concrete technical solutions.
• Act as the primary technical owner, troubleshooting production issues and serving as the last line of defense in the field.
• Use feedback from the field to drive roadmap inputs for the R&D teams.
• Codify successful field patterns into reusable tools and abstractions; actively contribute to the AI foundational platform within Altimetrik.

Skills

Python

SQL

Orchestration frameworks

Executive communication

Agentic workflows

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools

Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

LLM platforms (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Bedrock)

Job description

Altimetrik is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer - Lead who will operate at the front lines of AI deployment, embedding within client environments to build production-grade agentic AI systems. This Senior IC role involves end-to-end lifecycle ownership from discovery to client integration, focusing on measurable business value beyond code.

You will lead AI deployment, collaborate with the engineering team, and ensure security, latency, and reliability in regulated environments, with travel