Job Description
This role combines hands-on software engineering with client-facing delivery. The Forward Deployed Engineer turns business requirements into production-ready AI solutions, working within the client's engineering context and standards, and owns agreed deliverables from technical discovery through deployment and handover.
You will close the gap between a Generative AI prototype and a solution that runs reliably in a real enterprise environment. You will be trusted to represent Sia in technical conversations with client architects, security teams, and product owners.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work embedded with client and Sia teams, taking part in planning, stand-ups, and delivery activities.
- Run technical discovery with client stakeholders and turn business needs into scoped, buildable deliverables with explicit acceptance criteria.
- Build production-grade Python services and APIs (FastAPI and REST) that power Generative AI applications, including RAG pipelines over enterprise knowledge sources.
- Integrate LLM APIs and SDKs into client environments,
handling authentication, rate limits, fallbacks, latency, and cost.
- Connect solutions to enterprise systems such as databases, internal APIs, document stores, and business applications.
- Deploy and release services on AWS, Azure, or GCP using Docker and CI/CD, working within the client's codebase and engineering standards.
- Apply testing, observability and monitoring; lead production troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
- Apply security, reliability and performance practices from the start, including secrets handling, access control and data protection.
- Estimate effort, flag risks and dependencies early, and communicate trade-offs and progress openly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Document decisions, hand over knowledge, and train client teams so the solution can be operated and adopted.
- Capture reusable components and lessons from each engagement and contribute them back to the AI Factory.
📌 Forward Deployed Engineer (Mumbai)
🏢 Sia
📍 Mumbai