Kyndryl

Associate Director, Full-stack Forward Deployed Engineer

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2 months ago
West Palm Beach, FL, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$144k - $273k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead high-impact, customer-embedded AI engagements and take accountability for production outcomes.
  • Design and build responsive frontend applications using React, Angular, or Vue, including generative UI and real-time streaming experiences.
  • Develop backend APIs, microservices, and data pipelines using Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node.js.
  • Design and deploy multi-agent orchestration workflows using frameworks such as LangChain, AutoGen, or CrewAI.
  • Configure RAG architectures and vector engines across structured and unstructured data sources.
  • Optimize LLM API performance, token latency, prompt routing, context windows, and operating costs.
  • Deploy containerized applications to Docker, Kubernetes, and major cloud platforms.
  • Translate ambiguous client requirements into scalable architectures and own delivery from scoping through deployment.
  • Document deployment learnings, contribute code and architectural practices to shared platforms, and collaborate with engineering leads.
  • Share technical knowledge across engineering communities and support user adoption and operational outcomes.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong Python and JavaScript/TypeScript backend proficiency.
  • Production experience designing, building, and deploying applications with modern AI frameworks and orchestrators such as LangChain, AutoGen, or CrewAI.
  • Experience building modern frontend applications with React, Angular, or Vue, particularly for streaming data or real-time query responses.
  • Practical experience deploying RAG pipelines and working with vector databases such as Pinecone, Milvus, Qdrant, or Chroma.
  • Experience deploying Docker and Kubernetes applications to AWS, Azure, or GCP in distributed computing environments.
  • Strong SQL and PostgreSQL skills, NoSQL database experience, and familiarity with Pandas and Spark.
  • Strong Git and GitHub proficiency and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
  • Preferred experience with LiteLLM, Langfuse, Temporal, Hugging Face, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, prompt tuning, model fine-tuning, Redis, Kafka, RabbitMQ, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.
  • Preferred business acumen, executive communication skills, cloud or AI certifications, and willingness to travel and work at customer premises.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Informatics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical work experience.

Benefits

  • U.S. compensation range of $143,640 to $273,000 for a full-time schedule, with a discretionary annual bonus program.
  • Medical and dental coverage, disability benefits, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.
  • Employee learning programs and access to certifications from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and other providers.
  • Company-wide volunteering and giving platform supporting donations, fundraising, and volunteer opportunities.
  • On-site work in West Palm Beach, Florida; travel and customer-premises work may be required.
  • Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Kyndryl

About Kyndryl

10,000+ employees

Kyndryl is a public IT services company that designs, runs, and modernizes mission-critical infrastructure for large enterprises and governments. Spun off from IBM in 2021, it is headquartered in New York City and trades on the NYSE (ticker: KD). The company provides managed infrastructure, cloud migration and operations across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, plus mainframe, network, security, data, and digital workplace services.

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