Forward Deployed AI Engineer

SAP•New York, NY

3d•$90,000 - $198,500•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer, you will independently build AI-native enterprise applications and work directly with customers to solve complex business problems. You will own technical workstreams, design production-grade AI solutions, and collaborate with architects to deliver scalable, secure, enterprise-ready AI applications. This role is designed for engineers with 3–7 years of experience who are passionate about Generative AI, cloud-native engineering, and customer success.

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
3–7 years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong Python programming skills with experience in Java, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
Hands-on experience with LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, or similar frameworks.
Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, RAG, MCP, and agentic AI.
Experience building REST APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications.
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD, and AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience integrating enterprise applications and databases.
Excellent communication, analytical thinking, ownership, and customer engagement skills.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to SAP BTP, SAP AI Core, Joule, or SAP Business AI services is highly desirable.
Experience with Knowledge Graphs, GraphRAG, AI evaluation, and AI observability.
Experience delivering enterprise AI projects in customer-facing roles.
Open-source contributions, hackathons, or technical community involvement.
Experience using GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or similar AI-assisted engineering tools.

Responsibilities

Design and implement production-grade AI applications using modern software engineering practices.
Develop AI agents using LLMs, RAG, MCP, tool calling, structured outputs, and multi-agent orchestration.
Build integrations with SAP products, enterprise applications, APIs, databases, and external services.
Deploy and operate AI applications on SAP AI Core, SAP BTP, Kubernetes, and public cloud platforms.
Own customer-facing technical workstreams and translate business requirements into working AI solutions.
Develop reusable frameworks, accelerators, and reference implementations.
Perform code reviews and mentor Associate AI Developers.
Optimize AI systems for performance, reliability, observability, and cost.
Collaborate with architects, product engineering, and customer stakeholders.
Drive innovation through prototypes and emerging AI technologies.