Forward Deployed AI Engineer (TypeScript) - Remote - USA

FullStack Labs

• $135K — $160K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Houston, TX
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-10+ years in professional software development; expertise in back-end and full-stack.
  • Experience with core tech ecosystems: TypeScript/Node + React, Python, .NET/C#, or Java.
  • Strong skills in APIs, service design, event-driven/distributed systems, and data modeling.
  • Proven experience as a Solution Architect, Principal Engineer, or Tech Lead with a clear roadmap vision.
  • Designed and managed CI/CD processes independently rather than using established pipelines.
  • Built and deployed LLM and agent systems beyond demonstration phases.
  • Fluency in agentic tooling and integration methods.

Responsibilities

  • Embed with enterprise teams to identify and implement AI-driven solutions.
  • Architect and build robust systems within real client environments.
  • Conduct stakeholder alignment discussions with senior management.
  • Translate technical implementations into tangible business results.
  • Lead client workshops and address challenging stakeholder queries.
  • Collaborate with clients in discovery discussions to refine project scope and requirements.
  • Ensure high-quality delivery of software solutions with robust testing and release protocols.

Benefits

  • 100% remote work environment.
  • Access to a diverse range of clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
  • 401(k) plan with 4% employer matching.
  • Flexible paid time off policies, including vacation and parental leave.
  • Significant opportunities for career growth and advancement.
  • Support for continuous learning and development.
Full Job Description
The Position Forward Deployed Engineers sit inside the client's problem, not next to it. You embed with an enterprise team, find the work that actually warrants AI, architect the system, build it, and make it hold up in the real environment. This is a three-way role: consultant, operator, engineer. You should be as comfortable pressure-testing a business case with a COO or VP of Engineering as you are debugging why an agent's tool-calling loop degraded after a context change. The people who succeed here can hold a discovery conversation on Monday and ship what they scoped on Thursday. On this track, your edge is application engineering: you make agents real inside the client's actual systems, workflows, and delivery pipelines. We work with regulated industries and Fortune 500 clients who have AI mandates, real constraints, and low tolerance for demos that don't hold up. What We Are Looking For Engineering foundation - 8-10+ years of professional software development; back-end-heavy, full-stack capable. - Primary production experience in one of our core ecosystems: TypeScript / Node + React, Python, .NET / C#, or Java. - Strong in APIs, service design, event-driven / distributed systems, and data modeling. - Track record as a Solution Architect, Principal Engineer, or Tech Lead - can assess a current-state environment and define a credible roadmap. - Has designed and owned CI/CD - build, test, release, environments - not just used someone else's pipeline. Applied AI - Has built and shipped LLM and agent systems beyond a demo. - Deep fluency with agentic tooling: Claude Code, agent frameworks, MCP, tool/function calling, multi-agent orchestration. - Context and spec engineering: structures codebases, specifications, process definitions, and context to produce reliable, context-efficient AI output. - Integration literacy: understands integration methods and options - APIs, webhooks, event streams, iPaaS (n8n, MuleSoft, etc.), MCP - and the constraints and strategies behind connecting AI to systems of record. Doesn't need to own every integration, but can design around them and guide the team that does. Consulting & business - Demonstrates the discovery behaviors above: business and personal drivers, constraints, stakeholder alignment, strategic questioning. - Runs client conversations without an account manager in the room: workshops, proposal walkthroughs, hard questions, pushback. - Translates technical decisions into business outcomes - cycle time, cost per transaction, throughput, risk reduction, ROI. - Exceptional written and verbal communication; credible in front of senior stakeholders. What We Offer - Competitive Salary. - Paid Time Off (vacation, sick leave, parental leave, holidays). - 100% remote work. - The ability to work with leading startups and Fortune 500 companies. - Health, dental, and vision insurance. - 401(k) w/ 4% match. - Ample opportunity for career advancement. - Continuing education opportunities.

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