Forward Deployed Engineer

Overview

The artificial intelligence landscape is moving at unprecedented speed, and our clients need solutions built at the same pace. As a Forward Deployed Engineer within TransPerfect's Artificial Intelligence team, you will be customer-embedded, i.e. working directly with clients to understand their toughest problems, rapidly prototype AI-powered solutions, and build production systems that deliver real business value.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product thinking, and consulting. You'll spend your time with clients, scoping solutions to their problems, building working prototypes in days, and evolving those into production-grade applications in weeks. You will write production code, build custom solutions, and solve challenging technical problems. The Forward Deployed Engineer excels at moving from prototype to production, directly impacting both revenue and our bottom line with an entrepreneurial mindset.  

Description

• Work directly with clients to scope problems, understand constraints, and define concrete technical solutions, asking the right questions before jumping to code

• Rapidly prototype AI-powered solutions and build proof-of-concepts that demonstrate value in days

• Own the full journey from a client problem to a deployed production system

• Write production-quality code across the full stack

• Act as the primary technical owner for customer engagements

• Develop custom applications leveraging LLMs, RAG systems, and agentic frameworks

• Work cross-functionally between clients and internal product teams

• Lead technical discovery sessions with clients

• Build and deploy integrations, data connectors, and custom workflows that make our AI platforms work within customers' existing systems

• Collaborate with sales teams during pre-sales technical discussions, demos, and proof-of-value engagements

• Mentor technical teams on best practices for AI implementation, prompt engineering, and system integration

• Complete all other tasks that are deemed appropriate for this role and assigned by the manager/supervisor