Deloitte

Forward Deployed Engineer- Snowflake

Deloitte$134K — $265K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering.
  • 3+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or analytics engineering.
  • 1+ years of hands-on experience with GenAI/LLM-powered solutions.
  • 1+ years of Snowflake experience, particularly with platforms like Cortex AI or Arctic Embed.
  • 1+ years of leading project workstreams and translating business problems into AI solutions.
  • Proven ability to produce well-documented and maintainable code.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Engage clients to identify business needs and transform GenAI use cases into solutions.
  • Collaborate with senior team members to ensure alignment on priorities and deliverables.
  • Facilitate working sessions to design solutions that drive positive client outcomes.
  • Prototype and implement effective AI solutions based on industry knowledge.
  • Mentor junior team members while contributing independently within an FDE pod.
  • Create AI-enabled platforms and workflows across enterprise AI settings.
  • Deliver production-quality code adhering to best practices in CI/CD and documentation.

Benefits

  • Participation in a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance.
  • Opportunity to work in cutting-edge AI projects and solutions.
  • Professional development through mentorship and collaboration with senior engineers.
  • Limited immigration sponsorship may be available for qualified candidates.
  • Dynamic and innovative work environment that emphasizes client engagement and real-world impact.
Full Job Description
As an Engineering and Product Engineer III, you will work side by side with senior functional and technical client team members to rapidly prototype and deliver high-impact GenAI-enabled solutions. This requires a highly motivated practitioner who moves with speed and precision, building working software, engaging confidently with senior stakeholders and engineers to bring measurable business impact from day one. Additional responsibilities include: Client Engagement - Embed with clients to identify business needs and translate high-value GenAI use cases into solutions. - Partner with leaders, product owners, architects, and engineers to align priorities and delivery. - Lead working sessions to shape solutions and drive client outcomes. - Prototype and deliver working AI solutions using industry expertise and emerging capabilities. - Contribute independently within an FDE pod while mentoring newer team members. Solution Engineering - Build AI-enabled solutions, agentic platforms, and workflows across enterprise AI platforms. - Develop scalable AI engineering patterns, tool-use approaches, and human-in-the-loop controls. - Apply architecture decisions that balance quality, safety, latency, cost, and model risk. - Deliver production-quality code using strong practices in testing, CI/CD, logging, versioning, and documentation. - Design extensible functionality, support sprint sizing, and align solutions with senior team members. - Contribute reusable assets including code, prompt libraries, runbooks, and reference implementations. Required qualifications - Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Data Science or Engineering. - 3+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering. - 1+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI/LLM-powered solutions in client or production environments - 1+ years of experience with Snowflake including hands-on experience with one of the following key platforms; Cortex AI, Cortex LLM Functions, Cortex Agents, Arctic Embed - 1+ years of experience leading project workstreams/engagements and translating business problems into AI solutions - 1+ years of experience building reliable, maintainable, and well-documented code - Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve - Limited immigration sponsorship may be available Preferred qualifications - Experience with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud) and common platform services (storage, compute, IAM, networking) - Demonstrated ability to work directly alongside client technical teams and program stakeholders in fast-paced, ambiguous delivery environments - Data engineering experience with Spark, Airflow/dbt, streaming, data modeling or ML/data science background feature engineering, experimentation or model evaluation - Experience with MLOps/LLMOps practices: evaluation frameworks, model monitoring, and prompt management - Experience integrating LLM solutions with enterprise systems via APIs, microservices, or event-driven architectures - Experience operating within hybrid onshore/offshore teams - Familiarity with security, privacy, and compliance considerations The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $134,500 to $265,100. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. Recruiting for this role ends on 10/30/2026. Requisition code: 351489 Job ID 351489

About Deloitte

Deloitte is a multinational professional services network that provides audit, tax, consulting, enterprise risk and financial advisory services. The company was founded in London in 1845 and has since grown to become one of the largest professional services firms in the world. Deloitte has over 330,000 employees in more than 150 countries and territories. The company's mission is to help clients achieve their goals and make an impact that matters in their businesses and communities.
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