Forward Deployed AI Architect
AI summary of the role
Lead mission-critical client engagements as a forward-deployed technical leader, designing end-to-end AI systems and coaching engineering teams.
What you’ll do
- Drive technical discovery with clients to understand environments and constraints.
- Design AI/ML architectures balancing speed, reliability, and cost.
- Lead and coach engineers on the account, setting technical direction.
- Act as forward-deployed technical leader, communicating from engineers to C-levels.
What you’ll bring
- 10+ years designing and delivering complex software systems with strong AI/ML depth.
- Track record of leading and coaching a team of 3+ engineers over multiple years.
- Proven hands-on technical lead experience in high-stakes enterprise environments.
- Mastery of the AI development lifecycle from data ingestion to model deployment and monitoring.
Technologies
AI/ML · model deployment · data ingestion · monitoring · architectural guardrails
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
About Tribe AI: At Tribe, we’re on a mission to help enterprises realize the value of AI for their business. Every large enterprise wants to use AI to transform how they operate — but many don’t have the capabilities to do it. That gap is our opportunity. We’re an AI-native services company that helps enterprises build and deploy best-in-class AI products that deliver real business impact. We partner closely with OpenAI and Anthropic, giving us rare visibility into the most advanced models, roadmaps, and GTM strategies in the world. About the Role We're looking for a Forward Deployed AI Architect to lead our most mission-critical client engagements. Think of it as being the technical cofounder of the account: often starting as the first engineer on a new engagement, shaping the system from the ground up, and building and leading the team around you to deliver it. You'll be in the
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About Tribe AI: At Tribe, we’re on a mission to help enterprises realize the value of AI for their business. Every large enterprise wants to use AI to transform how they operate — but many don’t have the capabilities to do it. That gap is our opportunity. We’re an AI-native services company that helps enterprises build and deploy best-in-class AI products that deliver real business impact. We partner closely with OpenAI and Anthropic, giving us rare visibility into the most advanced models, roadmaps, and GTM strategies in the world. About the Role We're looking for a Forward Deployed AI Architect to lead our most mission-critical client engagements. Think of it as being the technical cofounder of the account: often starting as the first engineer on a new engagement, shaping the system from the ground up, and building and leading the team around you to deliver it. You'll be in the field — shoulder-to-shoulder with clients — designing end-to-end AI systems, setting technical direction, and leading and coaching the team that makes it real. You'll be equal parts technologist, strategist, and translator: dropping into the weeds when systems need unblocking, stepping up to the balcony to shape client strategy, and always keeping focus on the only thing that matters - building technology that solves the most important problems for our customers. Key Responsibilities: Technical [... source excerpt omitted ...] chnical direction for people, not just systems. Partner with the Forward Deployed CTO to support team’s growth as well as figure out team composition according to account needs. Client Engagement Act as the forward-deployed face of technical leadership, tailoring communication from engineers to C-levels. Teach and enable client teams by turning complexity into clarity. Influence decision-making by linking technical choices to business wins. Delivery & Enablement Guide engineers through execution without smothering them in process. Translate client-specific solutions into reusable patterns that strengthen our platform. Share insights across the company, raising the bar [... source excerpt omitted ...] a ingestion to model deployment and monitoring. Ability to engage credibly across audiences - engineers in the trenches, executives in the boardroom. Background in consulting or client-facing engineering roles where outcomes mattered more than process. Systems thinker with a missionary mindset: you’re here to win, not to optimize for your next job. Why Join Us: Impact: Lead the design of AI systems that move the needle for global enterprises. Exposure: Work across industries on problems that rarely have playbooks. Enablement: Build not just solutions, but client capabilities that outlast your engagement. Culture: Join a team that prizes creativity, resilience, and the p
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