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Responsibilities
- Partner with clients and internal architects to identify AI opportunities and translate business priorities into commercially viable, technically feasible production solutions.
- Own and evolve engineering standards for the Forward Deployed Engineer track, including architecture patterns, testing, evaluation, observability, production readiness, and operational support.
- Define AI-native engineering practices involving agent-assisted development, automated evaluation, reusable components, and production operations.
- Create reference architectures, solution patterns, and decision frameworks using Microsoft AI capabilities and Avanade platforms.
- Set hiring, assessment, capability-development, career-pathway, and re-skilling standards for the FDE track.
- Personally deploy on complex, strategic, at-risk, or reference-critical client mandates.
- Contribute reusable architectures, engineering assets, solution patterns, and delivery lessons to the platform and product portfolio.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in software or AI engineering with senior or lead accountability for production systems.
- Deep, current, hands-on experience with agentic engineering, including orchestration, retrieval, tool use, evaluation, observability, and failure handling.
- Strong command of the Microsoft AI stack; equivalent depth on another stack may be considered when the experience transfers credibly.
- Experience establishing and enforcing engineering standards across a team.
- Experience assessing and hiring engineers at volume and pace with a defensible quality bar.
- Client-facing credibility and willingness to deploy directly with clients rather than directing solely from a studio.
- Experience building a capability that includes re-skilling engineers transitioning from traditional delivery work.
- Ability to lead across business understanding, solution architecture, engineering, and capability development.
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Avanade
Avanade is the world’s leading expert on Microsoft. Trusted by over 7,000 clients worldwide, we deliver AI-driven solutions that unlock the full potential of people and technology, optimize operations, foster innovation and drive growth. As Microsoft’s Global SI Partner we combine global scale with local expertise in AI, cloud, data analytics, cybersecurity, and ERP to design solutions that prioritize people and drive meaningful impact. We champion diversity, inclusion, and sustainability, ensuring our work benefits society and business.