AI Solutions Engineer - Enterprise Deployments & Production

Wonderful; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Wonderful is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with enterprise customers, translating complex problems into AI-driven deployments. You’ll own projects from problem definition to production, delivering reliable agents and measurable business impact.

This hands-on, generalist role requires navigating ambiguity, learning quickly, and collaborating with Product & Engineering to scale delivery across customer environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or technical problem-solving roles.
• Strong fundamentals in software design and system thinking.
• Experience working across systems, integrations, and data flows.
• Comfort working directly with customers and owning ambiguous problems.
• Clear communication skills and a strong ownership mindset.
• Curiosity and interest in building AI-powered systems that work in practice.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand operational challenges and success criteria.
• Translate open-ended problems into clear technical designs and implementations.
• Build AI agents that integrate with customer systems and perform real tasks.
• Own deployments, including reliability, performance, and continuous improvement.
• Test with real data, measure outcomes, and iterate based on results.
• Collaborate with Product & Engineering to ship high-quality solutions.
• Contribute to tools, documentation, and best practices that scale customer delivery.

Skills

5+ years experience

Software design

System thinking

Customer facing

AI systems

Job description

Wonderful is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with enterprise customers, translating complex problems into AI-driven deployments. You’ll own projects from problem definition to production, delivering reliable agents and measurable business impact.

This hands-on, generalist role requires navigating ambiguity, learning quickly, and collaborating with Product & Engineering to scale delivery across customer environments.