Forward Deployed Engineer - AWS - Deloitte - Kansas City, MO

At Deloitte, Forward Deployed Engineers (FDE) don't just build AI solutions, they help clients turn AI ambition into enterprise-scale impact, pairing leading class engineering with pod-based delivery and vertical expertise. If you thrive at the intersection of product, engineering, problem-solving, and client impact, this role puts you at the forefront of AI transformations.

Work you'll do

As an AWS AI&Data FDE, 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.

The team

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