Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer for AI Solutions

The Carlyle Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 160,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Carlyle Group seeks a senior engineering leader to own end-to-end AI-driven delivery, embedding with business teams to translate complex problems into reliable software. You will shape architecture, data foundations, and platform patterns across Global Wealth operations, delivering AI-ready solutions with rigorous governance and scalable backend systems.

You will collaborate with Finance, Fund Management, and client-facing teams, driving rapid prototyping and production-grade implementations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required and Master’s degree is preferred.
• Concentration in computer science, data engineering, information systems, or a related field is preferred.
• Experience with AI coding agents and AI-DLC principles is highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to translate needs into technical requirements and designs.
• Architect AI-ready data foundations, semantic layers, and retrieval patterns for LLMs and agents.
• Implement AWS-native services to ensure high availability and scalable infrastructure.
• Prototype and ship automated replacements for manual processes prioritizing high-volume metrics.
• Lead architectural design reviews and mentor engineers while maintaining governance.

Skills

Full stack development

Architectural design

AI/ML integration

AWS

DevOps

Leadership

RESTful APIs

Data governance

Education

Bachelor’s degree, required

Master’s degree, preferred

Concentration in computer science or related field, preferred

Tools

AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, ECS, API Gateway, S3, RDS)

Databricks

Snowflake Cortex

OpenAI/Anthropic APIs

LangChain/LlamaIndex

React/Angular/Vue

Docker

Job description

The Carlyle Group seeks a senior engineering leader to own end-to-end AI-driven delivery, embedding with business teams to translate complex problems into reliable software. You will shape architecture, data foundations, and platform patterns across Global Wealth operations, delivering AI-ready solutions with rigorous governance and scalable backend systems.

You will collaborate with Finance, Fund Management, and client-facing teams, driving rapid prototyping and production-grade implementations