Lead/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Senior Vice President
About The Position
The Lead/Staff Forward Deployed Engineer is a senior technical leadership position serving as the technical anchor within an embedded line-of-business delivery pod. The role is responsible for architecting, developing, and deploying end-to-end agentic workflows for flagship business use cases, leading complex technical integrations with core banking backends, and establishing technical standards for the squad. The engineer works alongside line-of-business engineering squads, guiding technical problem-solving and architecture for agent deployments. The role also mentors engineers, partners with the Principal AI Architect on enterprise agent patterns and blueprints, and supports risk management, regulatory compliance, ethical conduct, and transparent escalation of control issues.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, including 7+ years in backend/distributed systems and 2+ years building and deploying production LLM/agentic applications.
- Mastery of Python, asynchronous programming (asyncio), state machines, Docker/OpenShift, and distributed microservices architectures.
- Demonstrated expertise integrating enterprise APIs, relational and NoSQL databases, and event streams such as Kafka into agent reasoning loops.
- Deep knowledge of application security, zero-trust patterns, and safe tool execution environments.
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder collaboration skills.
- Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior technical anchor collocated with line-of-business engineering squads, leading technical problem-solving and architecture for agent deployments.
- Architect and build end-to-end agentic workflows using Python, ADK, LangGraph, and the Arc platform for high-impact business use cases.
- Lead technical integrations with sensitive core banking systems, databases, and microservices using custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
- Implement enterprise security controls for agentic executions, including mTLS, OAuth2 token delegation, HashiCorp Vault, and OpenShift container security.
- Mentor C12 and C13 engineers through code reviews, architecture critiques, and security assessments.
- Partner with the C15 Principal AI Architect to evaluate field design patterns and contribute to enterprise agent blueprints and reusable components.
- Assess business risks, protect the firm's reputation and its clients and assets, drive compliance with applicable laws and policies, apply sound ethical judgment, and transparently escalate, manage, and report control issues.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Life, accident, and disability insurance
- Wellness programs
- Paid time off, including planned vacation, unplanned sick leave, and paid holidays
- Discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards may be available to eligible employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
