Sr Forward Deployed Engineer, FDE US Government
AI summary of the role
This is a senior individual contributor role at AWS, embedding directly inside strategic US government enterprise customers to design, build, deploy, and run AI-powered production systems.
What you’ll do
- Own technical strategy and execution for complex, multi-workstream customer AI programs, making architecture decisions across services and organizational boundaries.
- Design foundational architectures for multi-agent orchestration, enterprise retrieval systems, and decision intelligence platforms for the most complex customer engagements.
- Define operational standards, evaluation frameworks, and production readiness criteria for AI systems, establishing testing, observability, and incident response mechanisms.
- Scale team effectiveness by defining engineering patterns, contributing to hiring, and mentoring junior FDEs into independent contributors.
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language
- 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
Technologies
multi-agent orchestration · RAG pipelines · prompt engineering · eval frameworks · agent tooling · React · TypeScript · Python · Go · AWS
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Source and classification
Production engineering · Evidence for this classification:
Application deadline: Sep 11, 2026 A Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) embeds directly inside a strategic enterprise customer to design, build, deploy, and run AI-powered production systems alongside the customer's engineering team. FDEs write production-grade software and own outcomes end-to-end, from prototype through enterprise-scale deployment combining the technical rigor of an AWS SDE with the urgency and ownership required to deliver measurable customer business outcomes. They create reusable architectures, patterns, and engineering mechanisms that scale the entire FDE practice. This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph. Key job responsibilities Lead technical delivery across customer engagements. - Own the technical strategy and execution for complex, multi-workstream
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Application deadline: Sep 11, 2026 A Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) embeds directly inside a strategic enterprise customer to design, build, deploy, and run AI-powered production systems alongside the customer's engineering team. FDEs write production-grade software and own outcomes end-to-end, from prototype through enterprise-scale deployment combining the technical rigor of an AWS SDE with the urgency and ownership required to deliver measurable customer business outcomes. They create reusable architectures, patterns, and engineering mechanisms that scale the entire FDE practice. This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph. Key job responsibilities Lead technical delivery across customer engagements. - Own the technical strategy and execution for complex, multi-workstream customer AI programs. Make architecture decisions that span multiple services and organizational boundaries. Align technical approach with the customer's long-term technology strategy. Requires up to 25% travel. Architect and build production AI systems at scale. - Design the foundational architectures — multi-agent orchestration, enterprise retrieval systems, decision intelligence platforms — for the most complex customer engagements. Drive clarity where neither the business problem nor technology ap [... source excerpt omitted ...] stems that handle enterprise-scale traffic and reliability requirements. Own production excellence across workstreams. - Define operational standards, evaluation frameworks, and production readiness criteria for AI systems across your engagement scope. Establish mechanisms (testing strategies, observability standards, incident response playbooks) that ensure AI systems remain healthy. Scale the team's effectiveness. - Define engineering patterns, contribute to the interview and hiring process, and mentor junior FDEs into independent contributors. Coach others on system design, customer engagement, and production operations. Accelerate customer transformation. - Identify syste [... source excerpt omitted ...] ck into AWS services and the FDE practice. 10047 About the team ABOUT AWS: Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products
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