Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) – Placeholderworks

About Placeholderworks
Placeholderworks is an AI engineering firm focused on turning AI concepts into robust, production-grade systems. We design, build, deploy, and support AI-powered applications, intelligent agents, and retrieval systems that integrate with existing business workflows. Our team works closely with clients to solve real-world problems through practical, reliable, and scalable engineering solutions.

About the Role
We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) with 2–4 years of experience who can bridge the gap between business problems and technical execution. You will work directly with clients to understand their challenges, identify opportunities for AI and automation, design technical solutions, and build and deploy production-ready systems.
This is a hands-on engineering role that combines client discovery, software development, AI engineering, and system integration. You will own projects from initial discussions through implementation, deployment, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities




• Work directly with clients to understand business requirements, workflows, and technical challenges.
• Translate business problems into practical technical solutions and implementation plans.
• Build and deploy AI-powered applications, LLM workflows, intelligent agents, and RAG systems.
• Develop backend services, REST APIs, and integrations with third-party platforms and existing business systems.
• Connect AI applications with databases, CRMs, internal tools, and document repositories.
• Build rapid prototypes and validate solutions through client feedback.
• Deploy, test, debug, and maintain applications in production environments.
• Improve AI reliability through evaluation, structured outputs, guardrails, and error handling.
• Optimize application performance, latency, scalability, and operating costs.
• Communicate technical decisions, explain trade-offs, and present solutions to cli

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