Senior AI Forward-Deployed Engineer | Enterprise Systems

Amazon Web Services (AWS); New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to embed with enterprise customers, designing and running AI-powered production systems alongside customer teams.

You will write production-grade software and own outcomes end-to-end from prototype to enterprise deployment. Responsibilities include leading architectural decisions across services, building scalable AI platforms, and mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience mentoring, tech lead, or leading an engineering team.
• Experience communicating technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences including senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading AI-related development at production scale (AI agents a plus).

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery across customer engagements and own the technical strategy.
• Architect and build production AI systems at scale with scalable architectures.
• Define production readiness criteria and operational standards for AI systems.
• Scale the team by contributing to hiring, mentoring, and driving engineering excellence.

Skills

Software development

Leadership experience

Stakeholder communication

Mentorship

AI tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

React

TypeScript

Python

Go

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to embed with enterprise customers, designing and running AI-powered production systems alongside customer teams.

You will write production-grade software and own outcomes end-to-end from prototype to enterprise deployment. Responsibilities include leading architectural decisions across services, building scalable AI platforms, and mentoring junior engineers.