Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Trida AI Dallas, TX (Remote) Contract · 1 week ago

Trida Labs; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 138,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Trida AI is seeking a senior Forward Deployed Engineer to join customer teams remotely in the United States. You will design, build, and ship production AI systems—agents, retrieval, and data integrations—and help customers deploy scalable solutions.

Travel may be required up to 50% depending on the engagement; you will mentor junior engineers and drive reusable architectures, ensuring long-term operational capability after engagement ends.

Qualifications

• 7+ years shipping production software for enterprise customers.
• Deep experience deploying AI/ML or data infrastructure on AWS/Azure/GCP with containers.
• Proven track record leading delivery with enterprise stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery end to end across a customer engagement, often as the senior engineer in the pod.
• Make scope, speed and quality trade-offs and own them with the customer.
• Become productive in a new customer codebase and architecture in days.
• Pair with customer engineers so capability stays after you roll off.
• Mentor Associate and mid-level FDEs, review designs and code across the pod.
• Turn one-off solutions into reference architectures and accelerators.

Skills

Production delivery

AI/ML deployment

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Kubernetes

Enterprise stakeholder leadership

Consultant-level communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Applications may be assessed in part using Trida's skill-based tools (verified certifications, skill tests, and FitScore), always alongside human review before any hiring decision.

Work Model:

Remote

Employment Type:

Contract

Experience:

7–12 Years

Compensation:

$100–$135 per hour

About Trida AI

Trida AI is a Forward Deployed Engineering services company that helps enterprises design, build, and deploy production AI systems. Our engineers embed with customer teams to ship agentic workflows, retrieval and data integrations, and the evaluation and hardening work that turns pilots into dependable production systems. Trida AI is expanding its services footprint across the United States as demand for production AI delivery grows.

About the Role

Trida AI deploys Forward Deployed Engineers inside enterprise customer teams to design, build, and ship production AI systems — agents, retrieval, and data integrations — and to leave behind systems the customer can operate themselves. Success is production adoption and measurable workflow impact, not a demo. Travel to customer sites up to 50% may be required depending on the engagement.

What You'll Do

• Lead technical delivery end to end across a customer engagement, often as the senior engineer in the pod
• Make scope, speed and quality trade-offs and own them with the customer
• Become productive in a new customer codebase and architecture in days
• Pair with customer engineers so capability stays after you roll off
• Mentor Associate and mid-level FDEs, review designs and code across the pod
• Turn one-off solutions into reference architectures and accelerators

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years shipping production software — systems in use, not prototypes only
• Depth in AI/ML or data-infrastructure deployment on AWS, Azure or GCP, with containers/Kubernetes
• Track record of leading delivery with enterprise stakeholders
• Consultant-grade communication: discovery, proposals and hard trade-off conversations

Additional Information

Must be authorized to work in the US; Trida AI does not provide sponsorship. Trida AI LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds. If you need an accommodation in the application process, contact [e-mail]. Location: Remote — United States (Dallas, TX base).

About Trida AI

Forward-deployed AI engineers embedded in your company to build, ship, and run AI systems that actually work in production.