Senior AI Solutions Engineer - Forward-Deployed

IBM; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting in San Francisco seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer specialized in Artificial Intelligence to shape cognitive computing projects. You will design and deliver AI solutions using foundation models and NLP, processing both structured and unstructured data to generate actionable insights.

You will work across the full AI project lifecycle, deploying production-grade systems on cloud platforms, leveraging Python, OpenAI tools, and modern data frameworks.

Qualifications

• Leadership of production agent deployments and scale.
• MCP architecture design for agents.
• Output-evaluation frameworks and governance.
• Expert Python and OpenAI API / Codex.
• Integration architecture into enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect AI solutions focusing on foundation models and LLMs.
• Develop cognitive computing systems processing structured and unstructured data.
• Collaborate on AI projects across full lifecycle from research to production.
• Drive AI innovation with strong Python skills and AI frameworks.
• Optimize AI systems using libraries like SciKit Learn, Pandas, Matplotlib.

Skills

Python

OpenAI API

LLMs

NLP

ML frameworks

Production deployments

Tools

Github Copilot

Amazon Code Whisperer

Job description

IBM Consulting in San Francisco seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer specialized in Artificial Intelligence to shape cognitive computing projects. You will design and deliver AI solutions using foundation models and NLP, processing both structured and unstructured data to generate actionable insights.

You will work across the full AI project lifecycle, deploying production-grade systems on cloud platforms, leveraging Python, OpenAI tools, and modern data frameworks.