Senior AI Forward-Deployed Engineer for Enterprise

Alation, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 152,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter benefits

Flexible time off

Health offerings

Job summary

Alation, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge enterprise problems and production-grade AI solutions. You will collaborate directly with Fortune 500 stakeholders and Product/Engineering to shape data governance, agentic AI, and platform evolution.

You will prototype, deploy, and scale BI/ML pipelines, contribute to repeatable patterns, and mentor field teams to accelerate value realization for customers and the Alation platform.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering with customer-facing leadership roles (FDE/solutions architect/CTO-office).
• Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks and enterprise data platforms.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale BI and data pipelines with SQL and cloud warehousing.
• Ability to prototype rapidly, ship production code, and influence delivery standards across teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect and prototype AI agent systems (LLM-based, multi-agent, agentic workflows) within Alation's platform.
• Embed with Fortune 500 stakeholders to map data ecosystems and translate objectives into technical roadmaps.
• Build and deploy BI/ML pipelines yielding measurable ROI.
• Define repeatable solution patterns for broader teams and productize high-margin delivery.
• Mentor field engineers on agentic AI, data governance, and platform architecture.

Skills

LLM orchestration

Vector databases

RAG architectures

Fine-tuning ML models

BI pipelines

SQL

Cloud warehousing

Enterprise data governance

Metadata management

Prototyper mindset

Tools

LangChain

AutoGen

CrewAI

Job description

Alation, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge enterprise problems and production-grade AI solutions. You will collaborate directly with Fortune 500 stakeholders and Product/Engineering to shape data governance, agentic AI, and platform evolution.

You will prototype, deploy, and scale BI/ML pipelines, contribute to repeatable patterns, and mentor field teams to accelerate value realization for customers and the Alation platform.