Senior AI Forward-Deployed Engineer

Amazon Inc.

East Palo Alto (CA)

On-site

USD 193,000 - 262,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with enterprise customers, designing and deploying AI-powered production systems.

You will own outcomes end-to-end, from prototype to enterprise-scale deployment, and create reusable architectures that scale the FDE practice. Responsibilities include leading multi-workstream AI programs, building production systems at scale, and defining operational standards while mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
5+ years of leading design or architecture of new and existing systems.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.
Experience communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience leading AI-focused production-scale development and systems.

Responsibilities

Lead technical delivery across customer engagements and own the technical strategy.
Architect and build production AI systems at scale for complex engagements.
Define operational standards and production readiness criteria for AI systems.
Define engineering patterns and mentor junior FDEs into independent contributors.
Identify opportunities to expand AI adoption and create reusable platforms.