Senior AI Field Architect for Enterprise Solutions

Alation, Inc.; Florida; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Competitive Pay

Company equity

Performance bonus

401(k)

Flexible work hours

Remote work opportunities

Commuter benefits program

Job summary

Alation, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to join the Forward Deployed Engineering organization.

You will architect and rapidly prototype AI agent systems, including LLM-based, multi-agent, and agentic workflows that automate complex governance tasks within Alation’s platform. Embed with Fortune 500 stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical roadmaps, build BI and ML pipelines, and mentor field engineers on best practices for agentic AI, data governance,

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering, with significant time in customer-facing technical leadership roles such as FDE, Solutions Architect, or CTO-office equivalents
• Architectural fluency across distributed systems, enterprise data governance, metadata management, and compliance-grade data platforms
• A prototyper’s mindset: you write production-quality code at speed, ship, learn, and iterate, valuing working software over over-engineering
• Executive presence and high EQ, with the ability to earn trust quickly with Fortune 500 CDOs and technical stakeholders alike
• Proven track record delivering large-scale BI and data pipeline solutions, equally comfortable with SQL and cloud warehousing as with predictive modeling
• A track record of shaping delivery methodology, solution patterns, or technical standards beyond your own engagements, with influence that extends across teams and customer organizations
• Genuine enthusiasm for Alation’s mission: you believe trusted data and intelligent governance are foundational to how enterprises win
• Deep, hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks including LangChain, AutoGen, and CrewAI, as well as vector databases, RAG architectures, and fine-tuning ML models for enterprise use cases

Responsibilities

• Architect and rapidly prototype AI agent systems, including LLM-based, multi-agent, and agentic workflow designs, that automate complex reasoning tasks and data governance processes within Alation’s platform
• Embed directly with Fortune 500 stakeholders to understand their data ecosystems, governance bottlenecks, and business objectives, then translate those into technical roadmaps grounded in Alation’s Knowledge Layer capabilities
• Build and deploy BI and ML pipelines that convert cataloged data into executive-grade insights, demonstrating measurable ROI tied to Alation deployments
• Partner with Deployment Strategists to connect technical delivery to measurable business outcomes, ensuring every engagement is tied to customer value, not configuration milestones

Job description

Alation, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to join the Forward Deployed Engineering organization.

You will architect and rapidly prototype AI agent systems, including LLM-based, multi-agent, and agentic workflows that automate complex governance tasks within Alation’s platform. Embed with Fortune 500 stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical roadmaps, build BI and ML pipelines, and mentor field engineers on best practices for agentic AI, data governance,