Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (P4570)

84.51° Overview: 84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company. We help The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods companies, agencies, publishers and affiliates create more personalized and valuable experiences for shoppers across the path to purchase. Powered by cutting-edge science, we utilize first-party retail data from more than 62 million U.S. households sourced through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program to fuel a more customer-centric journey using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing and our retail media advertising solution, Kroger Precision Marketing. 84.51° follows a 5‑day in‑office work schedule to support collaboration, alignment, and team connection. Join us at 84.51°! __________________________________________________________ PLEASE NOTE: Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United Stated and with the Kroger Family of Companies (i.e. H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status). Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (P4570) We are seeking a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join our AI Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) team and enable evolution of software development using AI tooling across Kroger and 84.51˚. The AI SDLC team provides access to Agentic Coding harnesses and a [... source excerpt omitted ...] supporting services for AI Agents. This role provides an opportunity to shape how thousands of developers adopt AI within a large enterprise. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will spend time embedded directly with delivery teams and collaborating with platform and security stakeholders. Success for this role means accelerating AI-enabled SDLC - writing code alongside developers, finding where our AI tooling or policy falls short in their workflows, and turning that friction into platform improvements which scale across Kroger and 84.51˚. This is a generalist Software Engineer role spanning the Software Development, Observability, DevOps, Security, and Developer Experienc [... source excerpt omitted ...] incident management procedures Engage with other technology, infrastructure, and product teams as necessary to complete tasks Participate routinely in team on-call rotation and customer support during business hours MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE 4-year degree in a technology related discipline (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, etc.) or equivalent work experience 5+ years of experience producing high-quality software on Agile development teams. (Python and Java preferred) 5+ years of experience with public cloud technologies (Azure preferred) 3+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevEx, or related roles Demonstrable e