Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
As a Forward Deployed Engineer you will embed with client and Resultant teams to turn ambiguous high-value problems into secure production-ready agentic AI data and software solutions. You will move fluidly from discovery and rapid prototyping through architecture implementation deployment adoption and operational handoff.
This is a hands-on engineering and consulting role. You will write code make technical tradeoffs visible work directly with users and leaders and measure whether what we build improves a real decision workflow or outcome. You will leave clients stronger - not only with a working solution but with the documentation knowledge and ownership needed to sustain it.
What you will do
Partner with client stakeholders and end users to understand the real problem map workflows and constraints and translate needs into user stories technical requirements and measurable success criteria.
Identify high-value AI agentic data and application use cases; distinguish when an agent is - or is not - the right solution; define the value case and adoption measures; test assumptions quickly through working prototypes; and recommend whether to stop refine productionize or scale.
Design and build agentic systems selecting appropriate models and orchestration patterns and implementing tool use state and memory evaluation guardrails human oversight observability security and failure handling.
Design and build end-to-end solutions across APIs applications data pipelines analytics AI/ML capabilities system integrations and cloud services selecting technology based on client needs rather than vendor preference.
Turn promising prototypes into dependable production systems through testing automation security and privacy controls responsible AI practices observability performance cost awareness and operational runbooks.
Lead technical workstreams break ambiguous goals into executable increments surface risks early and deliver reliably within engagement commitments.
Communicate architecture tradeoffs progress and results clearly to technical and nontechnical audiences including candid and respectful recommendations when evidence points to a different path.
Work side by side with client teams through demos pairing documentation training workflow redesign and change enablement so users adopt the solution and internal owners can operate it. Use feedback usage signals and outcome measures to improve adoption after launch.
Collaborate with Resultants data cloud application security product change project delivery and industry experts to bring the right perspectives to each challenge.
Capture repeatable patterns from engagements as reusable code reference architectures accelerators or playbooks that improve quality and speed across future work.
Qualifications :
Required capabilities
At least 10 years of overall professional experience delivering technology solutions across cloud technologies and modern data platforms including architecture implementation integration deployment and operational ownership.
At least 5 years of consulting experience working directly with clients across both public- and private-sector domains.
Demonstrated experience building and operating production solutions in software data ML platform engineering or a comparable technical discipline.
Strong understanding of the agent-building landscape including modern agent frameworks frontier and open models model-selection tradeoffs tool use orchestration state and memory evaluation guardrails human-in-the-loop design observability security and cost/latency considerations.
Hands-on experience designing building evaluating and operating agentic systems with at least one modern framework. You should be able to explain why a particular framework or model is appropriate for a clients constraints rather than defaulting to a familiar tool.
Experience connecting agent capabilities to business or mission value: selecting the right workflows establishing baselines and success measures redesigning work where needed enabling users and driving sustained usage and adoption.
Strong fundamental understanding of programming constructs software design and application frameworks with the judgment to select and structure languages frameworks repositories interfaces tests and development tooling so coding agents can build validate debug and maintain software efficiently and reliably.
Experience designing or integrating APIs working with SQL and data models and using version control automated testing and CI/CD practices.
Hands-on experience deploying to at least one major cloud platform - AWS Azure or Google Cloud - and working with core security identity networking monitoring and cost considerations.
Experience taking an AI data or software capability beyond a demo into reliable use including evaluation failure handling observability and operational ownership.
Evidence of working directly with clients users or cross-functional business stakeholders to discover needs explain tradeoffs and earn trust.
Ability to structure ambiguous problems learn a clients domain quickly balance speed with engineering quality and follow through on commitments.
Clear written and verbal communication including technical documentation and presentations for audiences with different levels of technical depth.
Sound judgment with sensitive data privacy security accessibility and responsible use of AI.
We care more about evidence that you can do this work than about a particular degree pedigree or exact vendor stack. If you meet most of the required capabilities and are excited by the mission we encourage you to apply.
Additional Information :
What Its Like to Work Here
At Resultant we are driven by purposepartnering with clients to take on their toughest challenges and creating outcomes that make a real difference. Success here means lasting impact not just delivered projects. We work as collaborative experts leaning into complexity with confidence and humility asking smart questions sharing ideas freely and combining our diverse expertise to turn challenges into clear transformative solutions. We make our outcomes visible by sharing results stories and lessons learned because growth happens through shared experience.
Accountability & Ownership
Resultant offers a flexible high-trust environment paired with a shared commitment to accountability:
- Take ownership of your work from start to finish and deliver on your commitments to clients and coworkers
- Communicate proactively especially when priorities shift
- Focus on outcomes follow-through and measurable impact
- Show up where it matters in person or virtually when it strengthens relationships or results
- Do the small things brilliantly: respond timely stay organized and follow through to build trust
We trust each other to own our work and deliver exceptional results. Flexibility means autonomy paired with accountability: the freedom to work in ways that fit your life balanced with the reliability our clients and coworkers count on.
Is Resultant the right spot for you
You may thrive here if you bring curiosity and a consulting mindset to every challenge take ownership of your growth and give and receive feedback with intention. If youre energized by bold ideas continuous learning and investing in the people around you this is your place. At Resultant we show up for each other own our outcomes and build leaders who create lasting impact for our clients our communities and each other.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We embrace AI across everything we do and that includes how you prepare for this interview. Feel free to use AI tools to research the role practice your responses and put your best foot forward. What matters to us is getting to know the real you how you think how you communicate and what you genuinely bring to the table. Our interviews are designed to go deeper than any polished answer so come curious and come as yourself without the support of an AI tool during our conversation.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Resultant is an outcomes-focused consulting firm committed to helping clients make technology a strategic asset and use data to guide better decisions. But we’re not just data and tech experts; we are problem solvers and industry experts who work alongside our clients to help them ach ... View more