Capgemini

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Applied AI

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24 days ago
Atlanta, GA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$89k - $207k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of complex Conversational AI and CX applications, converting prototypes into production-grade agentic workflows.
  • Architect and code conversational flows integrating Google Conversational AI products with customer APIs, legacy data silos, infrastructure, and security perimeters.
  • Build evaluation pipelines, observability frameworks, and optimization solutions for agentic workloads.
  • Debug agent logic, optimize tool selection, and trace conversation IDs across microservices to resolve production failures.
  • Connect agents to enterprise knowledge bases, optimize RAG chunking, and develop solutions for external customer projects.
  • Identify repeatable field patterns and convert technical friction points into reusable modules or product feature requests.
  • Co-build with customer engineering teams and lead technical delivery for Conversational AI pilots and customer-facing implementations.
  • Troubleshoot live, high-traffic systems during critical operating windows.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • At least 5 years of software development experience using Python or similar coding languages.
  • Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms such as GCP.
  • Experience deploying resources with Terraform or similar infrastructure-automation tools.
  • Experience building full-stack applications that interact with enterprise IT infrastructure and developing external customer projects.
  • Preferred: master's or PhD in AI, computer science, or a related technical field.
  • Preferred: experience implementing multi-agent systems using frameworks such as ReAct and self-reflection.
  • Preferred: experience debugging agent logic, optimizing tool selection, tracing conversation IDs, integrating enterprise knowledge bases, optimizing RAG chunking, and troubleshooting live high-traffic systems.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work from Chicago, Atlanta, Nashville, Dallas, or New York, with substantial travel to customer sites.
  • Comprehensive benefits package for regular full-time employees.
  • Paid time off, including 12–25 vacation days depending on employee grade, company holidays, personal days, and sick leave.
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage, or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada.
  • Retirement savings plans such as 401(k) in the U.S. and RRSP in Canada.
  • Life and disability insurance and employee assistance programs.

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About Capgemini

10,000+ employees

Capgemini is a global IT services and consulting firm that delivers strategy, cloud, AI, software engineering, and managed services to large enterprises and public-sector clients. Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Paris, it is publicly traded on Euronext Paris and operates in 50+ countries. The group expanded its engineering capabilities by acquiring Altran in 2020, now operating as Capgemini Engineering.

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