Sr Forward Deployed Engineer

About the Role

We are hiring on behalf of our client - a fast-growing AI technology company transforming enterprise operations across procurement inventory manufacturing and logistics in Asia.

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer you will lead the technical delivery of real-world AI deployments. Youll work directly with enterprise customers to scope build and operationalise complex AI-powered systems using the companys flagship platform. This is a high-ownership end-to-end engineering role - ideal for experienced engineers who thrive in ambiguity want direct customer impact and are ready to shape the future of intelligent enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Own customer engagements from discovery through deployment acting as the primary technical contact.
• Design and lead Proof-of-Concepts (POCs) and production deployments with clear success metrics.
• Integrate enterprise systems (e.g. ERPs supply chain platforms) and build robust scalable data pipelines.
• Design and customise intelligent agentic workflows for client-specific use cases.
• Deploy and optimise system performance in production environments working closely with DevOps.
• Contribute to product engineering surfacing client needs improving core components and writing production-grade code.
• Mentor junior FDEs and contribute to internal knowledge sharing across teams.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science Engineering or related field

• 48 years of experience in software or data engineering roles.

• Proven ability to deliver production systems in live customer environments.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: design testing debugging maintainability.
• Experience with APIs data integration and cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure).
• Able to operate independently in fast-paced high-responsibility environments.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with enterprise systems (ERP procurement logistics etc.).

• Familiarity with AI/LLM agentic workflows or decision engines.

• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker) Terraform CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions).

• Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Interest in mentoring and raising technical standards within the team.