Job Description

We are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to join Sia’s AI Factory (AIF), embedded directly within a client’s engineering, product, or service team. The FDE is a hybrid role that pairs hands-on software engineering with client-facing delivery, sitting close to the client to close platform gaps and ship production use cases in parallel, rather than working at arm’s length through a traditional delivery layer.

Key Responsibilities:

- Work embedded full time within the client’s engineering, product, or service team, participating directly in their planning, standups, and delivery cadence.

- Close platform gaps in real time: build the missing components, connectors, or tooling the client’s platform doesn’t yet provide.

- Deliver production use cases in parallel with platform build-out,



balancing near-term delivery pressure against longer-term platform health.

- Integrate with the client’s approved tools, APIs, and governance frameworks (e.g. controlled AI gateways) rather than introducing external dependencies.

- Communicate technical trade-offs and blockers directly to client stakeholders, translating between Sia’s team and the client’s engineering leadership.

- Collaborate within a cross-functional pod (client engineers, platform engineers, Sia engineers) in an agile/SCRUM setup.

- Escalate platform or scope risks early. FDE roles sit at the point where client demand and platform maturity meet.

📌 Forward Deployed Engineer (Powai)
🏢 Sia
📍 Powai