Forward Deployed Engineer Intern – AI Implementation

Nextiva • Scottsdale, AZ

2d • Onsite

About The Position

At Nextiva, we’re reimagining how businesses connect, bringing together customer experience and team collaboration on a single, conversation centric platform. Powered by AI, driven by human innovation. Our culture is forward thinking, customer obsessed and built on the belief that meaningful connections drive better business outcomes. Whether it’s through our signature Amazing Service®, the technology we create, or the experiences we cultivate, connection is at the core of who we are. If you’re ready to collaborate with incredible people, make an impact, and help businesses everywhere deliver truly amazing experiences, this is where you belong.

At Nextiva, we build technology that helps businesses create amazing customer experiences. Our AI-powered customer experience platform brings together voice, messaging, automation, and intelligence to help organizations work smarter and serve customers better.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer Intern, you'll work directly with customers as they begin using Nextiva Expert AI. You'll help transform business requirements into working AI Employees by configuring prompts, workflows, routing logic, and AI behaviors within our platform.

This internship combines customer interaction, AI implementation, and solution design. Rather than writing production code, you'll configure AI solutions using Nextiva's platform, helping customers see value from day one while learning how enterprise AI implementations work in real-world environments.

You'll receive structured onboarding and mentorship from experienced Forward Deployed Engineers, allowing you to build technical skills while developing customer-facing consulting experience.

Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Confidence presenting technical concepts in a simple, customer-friendly way
• Experience writing prompts, building AI assistants, or creating prompt-based automations
• Foundational knowledge of large language models such as OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or Llama
• Understanding of prompt engineering and how prompts influence model behavior
• Basic knowledge of APIs, including inputs, outputs, parameters, and common response patterns
• Familiarity with workflows, tool calling, or function calling concepts
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to ask questions and learn
• Availability to work a schedule aligned with Arizona business hours

Nice To Haves

• Python
• Low-code or no-code automation platforms
• Conversational AI or chatbot development
• API integrations
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Embeddings or vector databases
• AI evaluation frameworks, prompt testing, or model benchmarking

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales through live customer handoffs following product purchase.
• Guide customers through Xbert AI onboarding and initial platform setup.
• Configure AI Employees for common business use cases.
• Write and refine prompts that produce reliable, predictable AI responses.
• Build deterministic conversation flows and workflow logic.
• Configure greetings, routing, transfers, business hours, and after-hours experiences.
• Configure prebuilt tools and simple API-enabled functions within the platform.
• Test AI prompts, workflows, and customer experiences before deployment.
• Train customers on how to use and manage their AI Employees.
• Document customer requirements, configurations, implementation notes, and next steps.
• Recognize when customer requirements require deeper technical expertise and partner with the Forward Deployed Engineering team.
• Maintain clear customer communication throughout implementation.
• Share customer feedback with Product, Engineering, and internal stakeholders to improve the platform.

Benefits

• Multiple health plan options to suit your needs, including medical, dental, vision, and telemedicine coverage
• Life, disability, and supplemental indemnity plans
• Flexible Time Off for salaried employees, PTO for hourly employees, Paid Sick Time, Paid Parental Bonding Leave, and holiday pay
• 401(k) with company match, Health Savings Accounts with company contributions, Dependent Care FSA
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and comprehensive wellness initiatives
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities and career advancement

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed