Senior Specialist - Architecture

LTM

$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8 years of experience in full-stack engineering and solution architecture with client-facing delivery.
  • Ability to quickly build solutions under ambiguity while maintaining architectural integrity.
  • Strong experience with modern AI stacks and orchestration patterns.
  • Knowledge of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) methods and data evaluation strategies.
  • Proficiency in APIs, data pipelines, and front-end/back-end integration.
  • Experience with cloud-native platforms and CI/CD processes.
  • Exceptional communication skills, able to convey technical complexities to executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Engage with CXO-level clients to translate business pain into strategic outcomes.
  • Identify quick-win opportunities for a rapid Proof of Value that is measurable and relevant.
  • Build prototypes demonstrating business impact and technical feasibility efficiently.
  • Create initial evaluation frameworks to assess task success and compliance.
  • Develop scalable architecture blueprints and MVP plans for smooth handoff to delivery teams.
  • Facilitate collaboration with sales and engineering teams during client projects.
  • Actively participate in client workshops and strategic meetings.

Benefits

  • Fully remote work opportunity within the United States.
  • Collaborative environment with global teams.
  • Direct engagement with senior leaders and impactful projects.
  • Hands-on role focused on building and delivering solutions.
  • Opportunity to work with leading-edge AI technologies and platforms.
Full Job Description
Role description

Role: Forward Deployed Engineer ( FDE )

Work Location: This is a fully remote position, open to candidates within the United States. The role requires close collaboration with distributed global teams.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer FDE you will operate at the intersection of executive problem framing rapid engineering and scalable architecture You will engage directly with client CXOs and senior leaders to identify a highvalue wedge build a working proof in weeks and translate that into a clear path toward MVP and scaled rollout on BlueVerse or nay hyperscaler platforms You will be embedded in deals and client journeysshipping real agentic systems not slides

1 Executivefacing discovery value shaping

Partner with Sales Client Partners and BlueVerse leaders to run CXOlevel working sessions that translate business pain into an Outcome Thesis KPI tree baseline uplift hypothesis operating constraints

Identify the right thinslice wedge for a rapid Proof of Value PoV high signal measurable low dependency enterpriserelevant

Communicate tradeoffs clearly what to automate vs assist where humanintheloop is required and what safe scale entails

2 Rapid Proof of Value engineering

Build a rapid PoV that demonstrates business impact technical feasibility trustworthiness

Implement agent workflows with tooluse integration to enterprise systems and lightweight UIexperience for stakeholder clarity

Create initial evaluation harness task success accuracy policy compliance toolcall success latencycost and capture baseline vs PoV lift

3 Agentic blueprint pathtoscale handoff

Produce a scalable Agentic Blueprint agent roles orchestration patterns toolsAPIs dataknowledge strategy guardrails observability and HIL escalation

Define MVP backlog and architecture decisions identityaccess audit logging fallback design policy boundaries and deployment model

Hand off cleanly to delivery teams MVP squads pods with a productionready plan

Required qualifications
  • 8 years of experience in fullstack engineering solution architecture technical consulting with significant clientfacing delivery
  • Demonstrated ability to build quickly under ambiguity and still maintain sound architecture instincts
  • Strong experience with modern AI stacks including
  • LLMs agent patterns orchestration toolcalling planningexecution loops memory patterns
  • RAG knowledge embedding strategies chunking vector databases retrieval evaluation
  • Evaluation offline online evals regression suites safety testsredteaming basics
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals APIs data pipelines integration distributed systems basics
  • Proficiency in Python one of TypeScriptJavaGo comfortable across frontend backend as needed
  • Cloudnative experience AWSAzureGCP containers CICD and observability fundamentals
  • Exceptional communication can translate technical complexity into business impact for senior stakeholders

Preferred qualifications
  • Proven delivery of GenAIagentic solutions in production not only prototypes
  • Experience integrating with enterprise platforms ServiceNow Salesforce SAP Microsoft GraphO365 DatabricksSnowflake etc
  • Experience with security governance for GenAI data boundaries access control auditability model risk compliance evidence
  • Familiarity with LLMOpsAgentOps concepts versioning telemetry drift monitoring cost governance FinOps
  • Domain depth in one or more LTM focus verticals TravelTransportationHospitality RetailCPG BFSI Manufacturing Media
  • Relevant certifications cloud security data are a plus
  • Core competencies what distinguishes top performers
  • Executive presence credible with CXOs can run a room and drive decisions
  • Structured problem framing quickly identifies the highestleverage wedge and measurement plan
  • Builder mindset ships working systems rapidly demos are grounded in real integrations
  • Judgment trust knows where agents must be constrained designs for safe autonomy
  • Repeatability turns oneoff wins into reusable playbooks and accelerators
  • Working model
  • Travel expected client workshops PoVs exec meetings
  • Operates in tight pods with Sales Industry leaders BlueVerse productplatform teams and delivery squads
  • Strong bias toward handson building this role is not purely advisory

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