Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - AWS
AI summary of the role
This is a senior forward deployed engineer role at Deloitte's AI & Engineering practice, focused on AWS AI&Data.
What you’ll do
- Embed with clients to identify business needs and translate high-value GenAI use cases into solutions.
- Lead working sessions to shape solutions and drive client outcomes.
- Build AI-enabled solutions, agentic platforms, and workflows across enterprise AI platforms.
- Deliver production-quality code using strong practices in testing, CI/CD, logging, versioning, and documentation.
What you’ll bring
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI/LLM-powered solutions in client or production environments.
- 1+ years of experience with AWS AI&Data including hands-on experience with Amazon Bedrock, Bedrock AgentCore, Strands Agents SDK, Knowledge Bases, or Guardrails.
- 1+ years of experience with AWS Neptune and OpenSearch.
Technologies
AWS · Amazon Bedrock · Bedrock AgentCore · Strands Agents SDK · Knowledge Bases · Guardrails · AWS Neptune · OpenSearch · SageMaker · Spark · Airflow · dbt
Source and classification
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At Deloitte, Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) don’t just build AI solutions, they help clients turn AI ambition into enterprise-scale impact, pairing leading class engineering with pod-based delivery and vertical expertise. If you thrive at the intersection of product, engineering, problem-solving, and client impact, this role puts you at the forefront of AI transformations. Work you’ll do As an AWS AI&Data FDE, you will work side by side with senior functional and technical client team members to rapidly prototype and deliver high-impact GenAI-enabled solutions. This requires a highly motivated practitioner who moves with speed and precision, building working software, engaging confidently with senior stakeholders and engineers to bring measurable business impact from day one. Additional responsibilities include: Client Engagement Embed with clients to identify business needs and
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At Deloitte, Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) don’t just build AI solutions, they help clients turn AI ambition into enterprise-scale impact, pairing leading class engineering with pod-based delivery and vertical expertise. If you thrive at the intersection of product, engineering, problem-solving, and client impact, this role puts you at the forefront of AI transformations. Work you’ll do As an AWS AI&Data FDE, you will work side by side with senior functional and technical client team members to rapidly prototype and deliver high-impact GenAI-enabled solutions. This requires a highly motivated practitioner who moves with speed and precision, building working software, engaging confidently with senior stakeholders and engineers to bring measurable business impact from day one. Additional responsibilities include: Client Engagement Embed with clients to identify business needs and translate high-value GenAI use cases into solutions. Partner with leaders, product owners, architects, and engineers to align priorities and delivery. Lead working sessions to shape solutions and drive client outcomes. Prototype and deliver working AI solutions using industry expertise and emerging capabilities. Contribute independently within an FDE pod while mentoring newer team members. Solution Engineering Build AI-enabled solutions, agentic platforms, and workflows across enterprise AI [... source excerpt omitted ...] e AI engineering patterns, tool-use approaches, and human-in-the-loop controls. Apply architecture decisions that balance quality, safety, latency, cost, and model risk. Deliver production-quality code using strong practices in testing, CI/CD, logging, versioning, and documentation. Design extensible functionality, support sprint sizing, and align solutions with senior team members. Contribute reusable assets including code, prompt libraries, runbooks, and reference implementations. The team AI & Engineering leverages cutting-edge engineering capabilities to build, deploy, and operate integrated/verticalized sector solutions in software, data, AI, network, and hybrid cloud in [... source excerpt omitted ...] ble clients to stay ahead with the latest advancements by transforming engineering teams and modernizing technology & data platforms. Our delivery models are tailored to meet each client's unique requirements. Required qualifications Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science or Engineering. 7+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering. 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI/LLM-powered solutions in client or production environments 1+ years of experience with AWS AI&Data including hands on experience with one of the following key platforms/products: Amazon Bedrock, B
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