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Liatrio

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

AI summary of the role

Lead Forward Deployed Engineer role at Liatrio, embedded with enterprise clients to drive AI-first engineering transformations.

What you’ll do

  • Own technical delivery, architecture, and code quality for your workstream, making key technical decisions and documenting tradeoffs.
  • Write and review production code across the full stack, setting the technical bar and staying actively involved in implementation.
  • Integrate AI and LLM capabilities into client applications, designing agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, and intelligent automation.
  • Break down monolithic legacy applications into cloud-native microservices and event-driven architectures without downtime.

What you’ll bring

  • 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership of engineering teams or workstreams.
  • Proven experience modernizing large legacy applications with incremental refactoring and event-driven decomposition.
  • Fluency across the full delivery stack (frontend, backend, APIs, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure) with depth in multiple areas.
  • Experience designing and delivering cloud-native distributed systems at enterprise scale (microservices, event-driven architectures, API gateways).

Technologies

Kubernetes · CI/CD · microservices · event-driven architectures · API gateways · RAG pipelines · LLM · agentic workflows · infrastructure as code · cloud-native

Source and classification

Production engineering · Evidence for this classification:

the technical execution and architecture for your workstream. Leading a small team of engineers, you will deliver high-impact software while embedded directly within client engineering teams. In this role, you will partner closely with client leadership and account leads to align delivery with strategic goals, model AI-first engineering practices, and elevate client teams through active pairing and mentorship. What You'll Do: Owning the technical delivery, architecture, and code quality for your workstream: making key technical decisions, documenting tradeoffs, and ensuring the team builds coherent, maintainable systems Writing and reviewing production code across the full stack: setting the technical bar, reviewing PRs, and staying actively involved in direct implementation alongside your team Integrating AI and LLM capabilities into client applications: designing and implementing
More from the job description

About Us: At Liatrio, we enable real transformation. We help industry-leading enterprises break free from legacy systems and adopt AI that reshapes how teams build, deliver, and thrive at scale. We partner directly with enterprise teams to embed AI-native practices into delivery by accelerating modernization, reducing risk, and shipping production-grade AI systems that set the standard for the industry. Our people embed directly inside client organizations, leading hands-on AI enablement and transformations that reshape how entire enterprises build and operate at scale. If you’re ready to lead real AI transformation, this is where you belong. About the Role : We are seeking Lead Forward Deployed Engineers who thrive on shipping production software, solving complex systems problems, and pioneering AI-first engineering workflows. As a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you own the technical execution and architecture for your workstream. Leading a small team of engineers, you will deliver high-impact software while embedded directly within client engineering teams. In this role, you will partner closely with client leadership and account leads to align delivery with strategic goals, model AI-first engineering practices, and elevate client teams through active pairing and mentorship. What You'll Do: Owning the technical delivery, architecture, and code quality for your [... source excerpt omitted ...] ross the full stack: setting the technical bar, reviewing PRs, and staying actively involved in direct implementation alongside your team Integrating AI and LLM capabilities into client applications: designing and implementing agentic workflows, RAG pipelines, intelligent automation, and AI-augmented developer tooling Pioneering AI-assisted software delivery: using advanced AI coding environments, LLM tooling, and agentic assistants to accelerate refactoring, code generation, and test writing in client codebases Enabling client engineering teams on AI-first practices: hands-on coaching and pairing with client developers to integrate AI coding assistants into their daily deve [... source excerpt omitted ...] ing clear mitigation strategies, test automation standards, and CI/CD best practices Serving as the primary technical point of contact for your workstream: engaging directly with client engineering managers and technical directors on execution, delivery risk, and technical strategy Mentoring and uplifting client and Liatrio engineers: pairing on complex problems, conducting architectural reviews, breaking down complex tasks, and providing continuous feedback Partnering with account leadership and architects on technical scoping, statement of work (SOW) development, proof-of-concept (POC) demonstrations, and identifying expansion opportunities Experience and Skills: Enginee

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