Join AI Xccelerate

Forward Deployed Engineer

Build production AI systems directly with customers—and own what happens after launch.

Full-timeUS-basedDFW preferredHybrid + client-embedded

The role

Move from strategy to working capability.

You will embed with customers, learn how their work really happens, and stand up AI workers inside their real systems. Senior partners set the strategy and operating roadmap. You make that roadmap real, move the system into production, and own what happens next.

What you will do

Build across the complete deployment cycle.

01

Discover with senior partners

Interview people, observe work, inspect systems, and find the gap between the documented process and the real one.

02

Design where intelligence belongs

Turn the roadmap into a build plan: which workers, connected to what, doing which steps, with which human approvals.

03

Build the working system

Connect AI workers to real data, knowledge, tools, evaluation suites, audit trails, and recovery paths.

04

Deploy into production

Move from shadow mode to increasing autonomy on top of the customer's existing systems.

05

Prove and expand

Monitor quality, activity, cost, and outcomes, then expand only as evidence earns it.

What we expect

Own the outcome, not the activity.

Build for the unhappy path

Exception handling is part of the product, not an afterthought.

Earn trust

Make the customer team successful while changing how the work gets done.

Use judgment

Know when not to use AI and show the return when you do.

Communicate both ways

Explain the architecture to an engineer and the outcome to a VP.

Qualifications

What you bring.

Must-have

  • A graduate or post-graduate degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data, or a related field—or equivalent demonstrated ability.
  • At least one year of relevant experience in software engineering, solutions engineering, technical implementation, AI/ML, or meaningful project work.
  • Strong fundamentals in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Comfort with APIs, webhooks, authentication flows, SQL, and structured and unstructured data.
  • Hands-on experience building with LLMs or agent systems. You have built something that works, not only prompted a chatbot.
  • A public project, portfolio, GitHub contribution, internship, research project, or production example you can explain and defend.

Nice-to-have

  • Customer-facing or on-site software deployment experience.
  • Experience with evaluation frameworks, retrieval, production monitoring, KPIs, or SLAs.
  • Familiarity with business systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Microsoft 365, or Google Workspace.
  • A consulting, operations, or business-analysis mindset.

Your first 30 days

Learn by building.

Week 1

Master the workforce

Build a working agent for a real workflow with tools, guardrails, memory, and audit.

Week 2

Make it recover

Add validation, exception handling, structured outputs, and unhappy-path behavior.

Week 3

Make it measurable

Build the golden dataset and evaluation suite, tune cost, and measure impact.

Week 4

Defend it like an FDE

Present the architecture and decisions, then explain the outcome to a business owner.

Logistics

How the role works.

Location
US-based; Dallas–Fort Worth strongly preferred.
Working model
Hybrid, with on-site customer work during active deployments.
Travel
Required based on deployment needs; expectations are confirmed before an offer.
Authorization
Must be authorized to work in the United States.
Employment
Full-time, with compensation and benefits commensurate with experience.

AI Xccelerate is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate candidates on ability and fit for the role and welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Application

Show us what you have built.

One strong example matters more than five pages of claims. Share the work, the decisions, and the difference it made.

What happens next
  1. We review your evidence and CV.
  2. You receive an email acknowledgment.
  3. If there is a fit, we contact you directly.

Your application is sent securely to Rahul Bhavsar and stored privately for recruitment review.