Forward Deployed Engineer

Senior Technical Architect

We are seeking a Senior Technical Architect to join our U.S.-based team. In this role, you will serve as a Forward Deployed Engineer, partnering closely with our Product Development team to deliver innovative solutions. This is a remote position, must live in the United States.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer you will lead and scale Perficient's Product Development practice focused on AI-enabled software development lifecycle (SDLC) transformation in regulated industries (Healthcare, Financial Services, Automotive/Industrial). This strategic role combines practice management, presales excellence, platform engineering, and innovation leadership to drive AI-First delivery capabilities across the enterprise.

As a Senior Technical Architect, you will provide best-fit architectural solutions for one or more projects; you will assist in defining scope and sizing of work; and anchor Proof of Concept developments. You will provide solution architecture for the business problem, platform integration with third party services, designing and developing complex features for clients' business needs.

Perficient is always looking for the best and brightest talent and we need you! We're a quickly-growing, global digital consulting leader, and we're transforming the world's largest enterprises and biggest brands. You'll work with the latest technologies, expand your skills, and become a part of our global community of talented, diverse, and knowledgeable colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Assist with building and scaling Perficient's AI SDLC offering, creating, leading, and training
• Create detailed end-to-end architectures including models, feature stores, and interfaces
• Design enterprise AI SDLC platforms (cloud-agnostic across Azure/AWS/GCP/on-prem) with security and compliance embedded
• Build compliance frameworks translating HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, ISO 26262 into engineering patterns and controls
• Deliver platform MVPs in 6-8 weeks with small teams (2-4 engineers), balancing speed with quality and regulatory requirements
• Create reference architectures, model gateways, prompt governance, and evidence automation frameworks
• Own and aggressively drive forward specific areas of technology architecture. Provide architectural solutions/designs to project execution teams for implementation.
• Provide technology architectural assessments, strategies, and roadmaps for one or more technology domains.
• Lead projects within architecture. Work with Product Owner/Business Analysts to understand functional requirements and interact with other cross-functional teams to architect, design, develop, test, and release features.
• Develop Proof-of-Concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions.
• Own development of a few features in every Sprint.
• Support multiple Agile Scrum teams with planning, scoping and creation of technical solutions for the new product capabilities, through to continuous delivery to production.
• Liaise with offshore team and clients for resolving technical dependencies, issues, and risks.
• Mentor and provide architectural guidance to multiple teams building innovative applications.
• Drive common vision, practices and capabilities across teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years software development, engineering, or technology consulting with demonstrated technical depth
• 5+ years leadership experience
• Hands on experience in designing and building agentic solutions
• Experience with prompt engineering
• Deep understanding of SDLC, DevOps, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and AI/ML technologies (LLMs, RAG, agents)
• Proficient in leveraging AI technologies to drive innovation, support strategic initiatives, and enable data-driven decision-making.
• Possesses a strong understanding of AI capabilities, limitations, and ethical considerations.
• Strong technical credibility with ability to code review, architect solutions, and command engineering respect
• Experience in defining new architectures and ability to drive an independent project from an architectural stand point.
• Experience in complete project life cycle activities on development and maintenance projects.
• Knowledge and experience in developing software using agile methodologies.
• Proven track record of technical leadership roles delivering solutions within defined timeframes.
• Skilled in building relationships with clients and in practice development activities.
• Demonstrated success in performing work and managing complex and/or large consulting projects.
• Proficient in authoring, editing and presenting technical documents.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical staff.
• Experience working with a globally distributed team and managing off-shore teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Must be open to travel.

Preferred Skills and Education:

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
• Certifications: AWS/Azure Solutions Architect