Forward deployed engineer (fde)

job summary:
Seeking a hands-on AI Native Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI-driven systems within enterprise environments. The role focuses on implementing agent-based workflows, integrating AI platforms, and delivering scalable cloud-native solutions.

location: Telecommute
job type: Contract
salary: $77.59 - 87.59 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors


responsibilities:
AI Agent Engineering Cloud-Native Development

- Design and implement AI agents: - Develop scalable services using:

- Retrieval (RAG) - Microservices architecture

- Orchestration workflows - Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

- Tool/function invocation - Serverless and event-driven patterns

- Policy-based routing - Implement CI/CD and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Helm)

- Build evaluation frameworks for accuracy, latency, and

reliability

- Ensure production readiness, logging, monitoring, and fault

tolerance

- Implement observability and monitoring for agent

lifecycle

AI Platform Integration

- Integrate with AI providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google

Vertex, open-source models)

- Build abstraction layers for multi-model and multi-

provider architectures

- Optimize model usage for performance, cost, and

latency

Application Development

- Build and deploy AI-powered applications aligned to business

workflows

- Integrate AI systems into existing enterprise platforms and APIs

- Develop backend services and APIs supporting agent workflows

Testing & Performance

- 100% hands-on engineering role (no people

management)

- Measure system performance (latency, throughput,

accuracy, cost)

- Debug and optimize production systems

Scope & Expectations

- 100% hands-on engineering role (no people management)

- Deliver production-quality code and deployments

- Work within existing architecture and engineering standards

- Collaborate with client and internal engineering teams as needed

- Participate in technical design discussions (implementation-

focused)

qualifications:
Required

- 8-10+ years of software engineering experience

- Strong experience with cloud-native systems (APIs,

microservices, containers, serverless)

- Building and deploying AI/LLM-based systems in

production (agents, RAG, orchestration)

- Proficiency in Python, Java, or similar backend

languages

- CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, monitoring and

observability tools

- Agent frameworks: LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI

- Multi-agent or distributed AI system design

- Enterprise-scale system integration

- Optimizing AI workloads for cost and performance

- Hands-on with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex

AI, or similar)

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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).


This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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