Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, Microsoft AI & Data

Summary

Lead a forward-deployed engineering pod (2–5 engineers) architecting and delivering LLM-enabled applications, copilots, and agentic workflows using enterprise AI platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure AI Foundry. Own end-to-end GenAI solution design—from RAG pipeline governance and prompt engineering to production deployment and quality evaluation—while mentoring junior engineers, enforcing delivery standards, and translating business problems into scalable AI systems. Require 7+ years of software/data engineering experience, 1+ years of hands-on GenAI/LLM deployment in production, and proven ability to lead technical workstreams in ambiguous, fast-paced client environments.