Forward Deployed Engineer- AI Implementation

Aptean • Alpharetta, GA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

You will join the ASCENT team as an Forward Deployed AI Implementation Engineer, based in our office in Alpharetta. You will design and implement AI-native solutions that address strategic business problems for Aptean customers, working across the solution lifecycle from problem understanding through implementation, deployment, and continuous monitoring.

Requirements

• Experience developing and deploying traditional machine learning models and generative AI solutions.
• Advanced Python skills for scripting, data processing, and model development.
• Proficiency with generative AI frameworks including RAG, LangGraph, and LangChain.
• Deep knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation, agentic RAG, GraphRAG, and large language model techniques.
• Ability to tailor AI and NLP models to business needs and troubleshoot technical issues.
• You can understand customer business problems and contribute to effective solutioning.
• You work collaboratively across teams—customers, business analysts, and data integration engineers—and communicate technical results clearly.
• You are comfortable troubleshooting complex systems and explaining findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with advanced natural language processing methods such as classification, entity extraction, and summarization.
• Experience developing traditional machine learning models for supply-chain use cases such as forecasting and inventory reconciliation.
• Knowledge of linear or mixed-integer optimization techniques.
• Experience integrating AI solutions across complex customer system landscapes and data sources.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer business problems and contribute to solution design.
• Design and implement AI-native solutions using large language models, traditional machine learning, and software development.
• Use Python for scripting, data processing, model development, and integration throughout the solution lifecycle.
• Develop retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, integrate enterprise data sources, and manage vector databases.
• Deploy solutions, monitor performance, troubleshoot issues, and update them to maintain value.

Benefits

• competitive pay
• robust benefit plans
• opportunity to grow your career in a fast-paced, flexible and casual environment
• outstanding opportunity for career development and growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed