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Forward Deployed Engineer

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Pay not postedHouston, TXOn-site

Forward Deployed AI Engineer embedded with commercial trading teams at Vitol, a global energy and commodities trader.

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At a glance

Posted base pay

Not posted

The work

Builds for teams inside the company

Balance

  1. Mostly building
  2. Mixed
  3. Mostly pre-sales or support

Project stages

  1. Pre-sales (not covered)
  2. Proof of concept
  3. Implementation
  4. Operations
Coding
Writes production code
Builds for
Internal teams
Level
Senior
Role
Individual contributor

What they ask for

Experience

  • 3+ yearssoftware engineering, AI engineering, machine learning, data science or a related hands-on technical role

Background

  • Software engineering
  • Implementation and data engineering

Tools

  • Python
  • LLMs
  • RAG
  • NLP
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • MCP servers
  • AWS
  • time-series forecasting
  • optimization

Less common in FDE jobs

  • Company stage: Bootstrapped4%
  • Who you build for: Internal teams14%
  • Company size: About 1,001–5,000 people17%
  • On-site37%

Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.

What you’ll do

  • Embed with commercial teams to identify high-value AI opportunities and translate business problems into technical requirements and delivery plans
  • Build, integrate, and deploy agentic solutions, extending the internal GenAI platform with new integrations, data connectors, MCP servers, and tool-calling
  • Apply LLMs, RAG, NLP, time-series forecasting, and optimization to commodity pricing, supply/demand signals, trade flow analysis, and operational optimization
  • Communicate requirements and technical constraints to foundational AI teams; present capabilities and limitations to traders and senior management

What you’ll bring

  • Degree in computer science, statistics, mathematics, data science, or related quantitative field
  • Fluency in Python with strong software engineering practices (version control, testing, code review)
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, ML, data science, or related hands-on role
  • Practical understanding of GenAI concepts (prompt engineering, RAG, tool use, agentic workflows, model evaluation) and proficiency with frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex

About Vitol

Employee-owned energy and commodities trader moving oil, gas, power, metals and low-carbon fuels through global trading, logistics and infrastructure networks.

Bootstrapped · 1000–2000 people

View posting at Vitol

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Pay and conditions

Posted pay
Pay not posted
Location
Houston, TX
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment type
Full-time
Experience requirements
  • 3+ years: software engineering, AI engineering, machine learning, data science or a related hands-on technical role (required)

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