Senior AI Forward Deployed Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Amazon Inc.; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Inc. in Denver, CO is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with enterprise customers, designing, building, and running AI-powered production systems. You own outcomes from prototype to deployment and mentor others while shaping scalable engineering patterns.

The role requires US citizenship and a current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, with travel up to 25%. You will lead multi-workstream AI programs and drive customer business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Active US Government Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (or higher).
• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience leading design or architecture of complex systems.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery across customer engagements for AI programs.
• Architect and build production AI systems at enterprise scale.
• Define operational standards and production-readiness criteria.
• Mentor junior FDEs and contribute to hiring processes.
• Identify opportunities to expand AI adoption and build accelerators.

Skills

Security clearance

Leadership

Mentorship

AI systems

Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Python

Go

AWS services

RAG pipelines

Job description

Amazon Inc. in Denver, CO is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with enterprise customers, designing, building, and running AI-powered production systems. You own outcomes from prototype to deployment and mentor others while shaping scalable engineering patterns.

The role requires US citizenship and a current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, with travel up to 25%. You will lead multi-workstream AI programs and drive customer business outcomes.