Forward Deployed Engineer, AI

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

📋 Description

• Collaborate directly with clients to convert unclear business challenges into operational AI systems.

• Establish the data infrastructure essential for AI applications.

• Create RAG and agentic workflows utilizing contemporary LLMs.

• Develop evaluation suites and safety measures that ensure the systems are secure and efficient.

• Seamlessly incorporate the entire system into clients' existing software frameworks.

• Contribute to NextLink's internal accelerators and reference implementations.

⛳️ Requirements

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

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

• Practical experience in developing 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.

• Knowledgeable in RAG patterns, embedding models, and at least one vector store (pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, OpenSearch, etc.).

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

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

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

• Possess customer-facing instincts: adept at asking insightful questions, managing uncertainty effectively, and remaining engaged during complex problem-solving.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.

• Commitment to your growth, offering access to LLM playgrounds, an internal AI guild, and experienced architects for guidance.

• Chance to create something substantial and innovative at the cutting edge of applied AI.