NielsenIQ

Forward Deployed AI Engineer (Multiple Levels)

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14 hours ago
Remote, United States or Chicago, IL, USAMid Level / Senior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$110k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Partner with clients to understand complex business challenges and identify opportunities for AI-driven impact.
  • Design, build, and deploy production-grade applications using AI, machine learning, cloud technologies, APIs, and modern software engineering practices.
  • Develop solutions using large language models, retrieval systems, agents, workflow automation, and advanced analytics.
  • Lead projects from discovery and prototyping through deployment, adoption, and ongoing optimization.
  • Collaborate with client teams, product leaders, engineers, and data scientists to deliver scalable solutions.
  • Measure solution performance, reliability, and user adoption and continuously improve deployed systems.
  • Create reusable frameworks, share learnings, and influence future AI product direction.
  • Travel to client locations for discovery, implementation support, workshops, and strategic collaboration.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, solutions engineering, deployment engineering, technical consulting, or a related field.
  • Ability to build and deliver production systems from requirements gathering through implementation and adoption.
  • Strong software engineering experience with Python, Java, Go, TypeScript, or similar languages, plus APIs, SQL, cloud platforms, data pipelines, and modern application architectures.
  • Experience building or deploying AI, machine learning, generative AI, or LLM-based applications in production.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous problems into practical, scalable technical solutions while considering reliability, security, performance, and maintainability.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience engaging technical teams, business stakeholders, and clients.
  • Experience gathering customer requirements, building trusted relationships, leading technical discussions, influencing decisions, and driving projects forward.
  • Willingness to travel approximately 30% to client locations.
  • Preferred experience in Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Technical Consulting, Customer Engineering, or similar client-facing engineering roles.
  • Preferred experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud and with enterprise clients, complex technical engagements, startup environments, retail, CPG, analytics, or data-driven decision-making.

Benefits

  • Remote U.S. position with a flexible working environment and approximately 30% travel; preference for candidates near Chicago or New York metropolitan areas.
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage including medical, prescription, dental, and vision plans.
  • Flexible spending accounts and a Health Savings Account with company contributions.
  • Life, AD&D, disability, and 401(k) benefits with company matching contributions.
  • Tuition reimbursement, education support, LinkedIn Learning, and an Employee Assistance Program.
  • Discretionary paid time off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time off, and industry-leading parental leave.

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Forward Deployed
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