Forward Deployed Engineer – AI

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Argentina.

📋 Description

• You will collaborate directly with clients in the design, development, and deployment of production AI systems, working closely with an AI Architect and concentrating on the robust data infrastructure essential for real-world AI applications, utilizing tools such as Airflow, Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks.

• You will engage with clients to convert vague business challenges into operational AI systems.

• You will construct the data infrastructure that supports AI applications, create RAG and agentic workflows leveraging modern LLMs, develop evaluation suites and safeguards to ensure the systems are secure and efficient, and integrate the complete solution into clients' existing software environments.

• Throughout and between projects, you will contribute to NextLink's internal accelerators and reference implementations, enhancing the overall strength of the AI practice over time. A strong technical foundation, comfort with ambiguity, and enthusiasm for direct client interaction are essential.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in professional software engineering, with a minimum of 1 year delivering AI/ML or LLM-based features to production.

• Proficient in Python, with familiarity in at least one of TypeScript/JavaScript, Go, or Java for integration tasks.

• Practical experience in building applications using modern LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, etc.).

• Experience with data engineering tools such as dbt, Airflow, Dagster, Snowflake, BigQuery, or Databricks.

• Knowledge of RAG patterns, embedding models, and familiarity with at least one vector store (pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, OpenSearch, etc.).

• Strong understanding of one of the major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including the deployment of containerized services and management of secrets/IAM.

• Experience in writing tests, instrumenting code, and understanding observability, including for non-deterministic systems.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; capable of presenting technical work to both client engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong customer-facing abilities: you ask insightful questions, handle ambiguity effectively, and remain engaged when challenges arise.

🏝️ Benefits

• We are a technical consulting firm that prioritizes clarity, ownership, and results.

• Remote-first environment with a robust culture of written communication (documentation, asynchronous updates, clear pull requests).

• Commitment to your professional development, including access to LLM playgrounds, an internal AI guild, and mentorship from senior architects.

• An exciting opportunity to create significant advancements at the cutting edge of applied AI.