Remote Senior Forward Deployed AI Engineer

International Business Machines Corporation; Irvine (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a seasoned Forward Deployed Engineer focused on Artificial Intelligence to design and deliver cognitive solutions. You will tackle complex data problems, build AI solutions leveraging foundation models and large language models, and drive end-to-end AI projects across cloud platforms.

Demonstrated leadership in production deployments, strong Python expertise, and experience with NLP/ML frameworks will be essential as you collaborate with teams to optimize AI systems and advance

Qualifications

• Leadership of production agent deployments including orchestration, reliability, and scale.
• Design and integration of MCP servers and tooling as the integration backbone for agents.
• Own output-evaluation frameworks: eval strategy, golden data, and production monitoring of agent quality.
• Expert Python development and experience with OpenAI API, Codex, or equivalent.
• Enterprise integration of agents into systems of record.

Responsibilities

• Architect AI solutions using foundation models and LLMs with tools like Github Copilot and Code Whisperer.
• Develop cognitive computing systems that analyze structured and unstructured data with NLP/ML.
• Collaborate on full AI project lifecycle from research to production on cloud platforms.
• Drive AI innovation and optimize systems with Python and AI frameworks.

Skills

Python

NLP

ML

OpenAI API

Codex

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Keras

Github Copilot

Amazon Code Whisperer

SciKit-Learn

Pandas

Matplotlib

Job description

IBM is seeking a seasoned Forward Deployed Engineer focused on Artificial Intelligence to design and deliver cognitive solutions. You will tackle complex data problems, build AI solutions leveraging foundation models and large language models, and drive end-to-end AI projects across cloud platforms.

Demonstrated leadership in production deployments, strong Python expertise, and experience with NLP/ML frameworks will be essential as you collaborate with teams to optimize AI systems and advance