Opportunity Description Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Our end client a technology consulting and digital engineering organization specializing in cloud transformation, data engineering, enterprise application development, and emerging technologies helps businesses solve complex technology challenges through innovative, scalable, and business-focused solutions. The organization works with enterprises to modernize their technology ecosystems and accelerate digital transformation.

They are looking for an experienced Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to work closely with customers and internal engineering teams to understand business challenges, design technical solutions, and drive successful implementation. The role involves hands-on software development, system integration, solution architecture, and translating real-world customer requirements into scalable products and applications. This is a high-impact prospect for engineers who combine strong technical expertise with customer-facing problem-solving and the ability to deliver solutions in dynamic enterprise environments.

Role & responsibilities

- Build and deploy AI solutions on cloud (GCP preferred) from design through production.
- Develop GenAI/LLM features, including RAG, prompt pipelines, tool calling and agent workflows.




- Build NLP and document processing pipelines; voice AI workflows where applicable.
- Develop Python services and integrate with client systems and APIs.
- Lead production debugging and troubleshoot integrations.
- Review code, mentor junior engineers and participate in client discussions and demos.

Must Have:

- Cloud: Hands-on experience deploying applications on any major cloud (GCP, AWS or Azure), including serverless/containers, storage, messaging and managed AI services (e.g., Vertex AI, Bedrock, Azure OpenAI). GCP preferred.
- Python: Strong programming skills, REST APIs, data processing and testing.
- GenAI/LLM: Production experience with LLMs (Gemini, GPT, Claude or similar), RAG, embeddings, vector search, prompt engineering, tool calling or agent workflows.
- NLP & Document AI: Solid understanding of NLP concepts; experience with Document AI, OCR or document processing tools.
- Software Engineering: OOP, design patterns, exception handling, testing frameworks and dependency management.

Good to Have:

- Speech-to-Text / Text-to-Speech or voice AI experience.
- Google Cloud Associate or Professional certification.
- Dialogflow CX or other conversational AI platforms.

• Docker and CI/CD (Cloud Build/GitHub Actions).

📌 Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) (Mumbai)
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📍 Mumbai