Remote Forward-Deployed AI Engineer (Client-Facing)

ROXC; Govan Mbeki Local Municipality; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote-first with hybrid collaboration

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI

Job summary

ROXC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications for enterprise clients. You will work at the intersection of engineering, AI, product, and customer success, helping clients take AI ideas to production.

Join ROXC to work directly with customers, deliver real value, and influence product decisions while operating in a remote-first environment with hybrid collaboration opportunities.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Backend development with Node.js and Express.
• REST APIs and system integrations.
• Experience with SQL databases, preferably PostgreSQL.
• Experience building AI applications using modern LLM APIs and AI frameworks.
• Good understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI agents, prompt engineering, tool integrations, and AI evaluation.
• Comfortable working directly with customers and independently driving projects to completion.

Responsibilities

• Partner directly with clients to understand business workflows, technical requirements, and operational challenges.
• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications tailored to customer needs.
• Build scalable full-stack applications with a strong focus on reliability and maintainability.
• Integrate LLMs, AI services, APIs, databases, and third-party platforms into production systems.
• Deploy applications to cloud environments and monitor production performance.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Node.js/Express

REST APIs

PostgreSQL

LLM APIs

AI frameworks

RAG

Prompt engineering

Customer-facing

Project delivery

Tools

Python

FastAPI

Docker

Job description

ROXC is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications for enterprise clients. You will work at the intersection of engineering, AI, product, and customer success, helping clients take AI ideas to production.

Join ROXC to work directly with customers, deliver real value, and influence product decisions while operating in a remote-first environment with hybrid collaboration opportunities.