Job Description
This senior-level role serves as a strategic technical leader and organizational bridge between X-energy's APEX platform development team and high-impact stakeholders across the company. The Forward Deployed Software Engineer V drives enterprise-wide adoption, effectiveness, and innovation of the APEX platform through advanced stakeholder engagement, technical leadership, and cross-functional alignment.

This role requires deep expertise in agentic AI workflows and the ability to guide teams in designing, deploying, and scaling AI-native solutions across engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, and operational domains.

In addition to enabling the organization, the Level V engineer contributes directly to complex product-engineering initiatives, ensuring that platform capabilities address high-risk, mission-critical challenges. This position is instrumental in advancing X-energy's mission to become an AI-first organization and shaping industry-leading standards for nuclear deployment speed, safety, and operational excellence.

Job Profile Tasks/Responsibilities:
• Lead the development of organization-wide training strategies and frameworks for APEX platform capabilities and agentic AI workflows.
• Conduct advanced training sessions tailored for executive sponsors, senior engineers, and functional leaders.
• Establish and oversee a scalable operating model for office hours, support channels, and technical advisory services.
• Deliver high-visibility presentations, demos, and roadshow sessions highlighting emerging features and strategic use cases.
• Provide editorial and technical oversight for APEX blogs, videos, and technical content produced by junior team members.
• Partner with the training organization to define long-term curriculum structure, certification pathways, and learning standards.
• Lead planning and execution of APEX workshops, summits, and external-facing events.
• Oversee intake, triage, and prioritization of complex stakeholder feedback; ensure insight integration into product planning.
• Govern the APEX roadmap voting system to ensure alignment with organizational strategic priorities.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex support cases requiring deep technical investigation.
• Identify systemic adoption gaps and develop strategic enablement plans to resolve them at scale.
• Cultivate long-term relationships with senior stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, operations, and business units.
• Act as a senior voice of the customer, shaping long-term product direction and architecture based on enterprise needs.
• Architect and implement advanced agentic AI workflows that address multi-department, highly complex challenges.
• Lead development of robust front-end solutions using React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Vite, ensuring high reliability and scalability.
• Architect backend services using AWS technologies (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, etc.) to support mission-critical AI-powered applications.
• Drive creation of high-quality proof-of-concepts and technical prototypes; mentor others on effective prototyping approaches.
• Collaborate with the AI and Application Development leadership team to influence feature prioritization, technical roadmaps, and platform strategy.
• Lead user acceptance testing cycles and ensure readiness for deployment across high-stakes workflows.
• Establish and maintain structured feedback loops between users, engineering, and product stakeholders.
• Guide integration architecture connecting APEX to enterprise systems (Workday, Deltek, P6, etc.).
• Provide senior-level input during code reviews; promote best practices and technical excellence.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and coach others in using them effectively.
• Document and standardize complex technical patterns, integrations, and reference architectures for enterprise adoption
Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication
Perform other duties as assigned by manager

Job Profile Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• Skills required for this role are typically demonstrated by 15 plus yrs of relevant experience.
• Advanced expertise in agentic AI workflows, LLM applications, and enterprise-scale AI solutioning.
• Extensive experience developing with React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Strong proficiency with AWS services and cloud-native architectures supporting high-availability systems.
• Deep experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and modern engineering workflows.
• Experience in nuclear energy, advanced manufacturing, or highly regulated technical fields.
• Background in technical training, developer advocacy, or enterprise technical enablement.
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, AWS Bedrock, or other advanced AI frameworks.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Experience building internal platforms or tools supporting engineering organizations.
• Knowledge of ERP, PLM, and project management system integrations.
• Background in product management, UX research, or platform strategy.

Location: 9801 Washingtonian Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD

Work Site Expectations: 3 days in office
Travel Expectations: up to 5%
Hours: Standard office hours are 8:00am ET to 5:00pm ET, Monday - Friday

Compensation

As required by Maryland and other applicable state law, X Energy, LLC (X-energy) lists the expected compensation range for a publicly advertised job opportunity based upon the job requirements (e.g. education/training, experience, skill sets, etc.). Individual candidates who meet the job requirements for the posted position will be offered a salary within this range based on their respective levels of education/training, experience, and other qualifications unique to them. Salary ranges may vary based on the specific office location and region referenced in the posting to take into consideration differences in cost of living and may not be reflective of all regions. Please note that compensation ranges listed for US job postings reflect base salary only and do not include benefits or other incentives.

Offers within the posted salary range are commensurate with the individual's qualifications for the position, along with a view on internal equity, market data, and room for growth. The salary range for this position is:
$195,000- $220,000

Position Job Classification
Full time - Exempt

Benefits

X Energy, LLC offers a robust benefits package that includes a 401K plan with an employer match, Medical/Dental /Vision Insurance, Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Time Off, and a Tuition Reimbursement/Professional Development policy that supports the continuing education of our employees.