Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Deployment Lead Trida AI Atlanta, GA (Remote) Contract · 1 week ago

Trida Labs; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 179,000 - 207,000; Part time

Job summary

Trida AI is seeking a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer to lead deployment across enterprise AI systems, including agents, retrieval, and data integrations. The role emphasizes production impact over demos and may require up to 50% travel to customer sites.

You will own technical strategy for key accounts, guide designs, and ensure customers can operate and extend the solutions after handover, reporting to executive stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Senior customer-facing technical leadership (FDE/tech lead) with enterprise deployment experience.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders in high-stakes engagements.
• Experience delivering production AI systems with customer teams.

Responsibilities

• Own technical strategy for a key customer account or vertical across multiple workstreams.
• Lead discovery and advisory work before builds start — shape what gets built and why.
• Guide architecture and review designs, unblock other FDEs on the account.
• Represent Trida AI to VP and C-level stakeholders.
• Anticipate security, compliance and procurement gates and plan around them early.
• Leave the customer able to operate and extend the systems you ship.

Job description

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Deployment Lead

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.

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Work Model: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Experience: 10–15 Years

Compensation: $130–$150 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

Own technical strategy for a key customer account or vertical across multiple workstreams

Lead discovery and advisory work before builds start — shape what gets built and why

Guide architecture and review designs, unblock other FDEs on the account

Represent Trida AI to VP and C-level stakeholders

Anticipate security, compliance and procurement gates and plan around them early

Leave the customer able to operate and extend the systems you ship

What We're Looking For

Senior customer-facing technical leadership — FDE, technical lead with consulting, or technical founder background

A record of influencing senior stakeholders and winning trust in ambiguous, high-stakes work

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 (Atlanta, GA base).

About Trida AI

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