Senior Forward Deployed Engineer – AI & Enterprise Integrations

Valiant Technologies LLC; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Jose to design, develop, and deploy customized technology solutions for enterprise customers. You will combine software engineering with customer-facing expertise to rapidly deliver scalable AI-powered applications and enterprise integrations.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, system architecture, troubleshooting, and translating customer requirements into production-ready solutions, with a focus on modern frontend

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering or related roles.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or TypeScript.
• Experience building production-grade enterprise applications and integrations.
• APIs, microservices, databases, and cloud infrastructure knowledge.
• Experience working directly with customers or stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, and AI app development is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers and cross-functional teams to design and implement customized solutions.
• Develop AI-powered applications using LLMs, RAG, and intelligent automation.
• Build APIs, backend services, and enterprise integrations.
• Translate customer requirements into scalable architectures and plans.
• Prototype solutions and turn successful prototypes into production-ready apps.
• Troubleshoot across application, infrastructure, and integration layers.
• Ensure performance, reliability, scalability, and security of deployments.
• Provide technical documentation, deployment guides, and recommendations.

Skills

Python

Java

TypeScript

Frontend development

Customer-facing skills

Debugging & problem-solving

Communication & collaboration

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Master's degree in CS/AI preferred

AWS/Azure/GCP or Kubernetes certs an advantage

Tools

React

Node.js

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

LangChain

LangGraph

LlamaIndex

Semantic Kernel

RAG architectures

Embeddings

Vector databases

SQL/NoSQL

AWS/Azure/GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Git

Observability tools

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer in San Jose to design, develop, and deploy customized technology solutions for enterprise customers. You will combine software engineering with customer-facing expertise to rapidly deliver scalable AI-powered applications and enterprise integrations.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, system architecture, troubleshooting, and translating customer requirements into production-ready solutions, with a focus on modern frontend