{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a49287acee1de7ed192df2d2","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a49287acee1de7ed192df2d2","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a49287acee1de7ed192df2d2","title":"Forward Deployed AI Engineer","description":"Position: Forward Deployed AI Engineer\n\nLocation: Houston, TX - Fully Onsite\n\nCompensation: $75.00 - $120.00 / Per Hour\n\nEmployment Type: Long term contract\n\nBenefits: This position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).\n\nPosition Overview\n\nA large enterprise organization is seeking a hands-on Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join its growing Enterprise AI team. This role will work directly with employees across departments to uncover operational challenges and rapidly transform them into practical AI-powered applications, automations, and internal tools.\n\nUnlike a traditional development role centered around a predefined backlog, this position requires embedding with business teams, observing how work is performed, identifying inefficiencies, and proactively developing solutions.\n\nThe ideal candidate combines software engineering fundamentals with curiosity, strong business instincts, and a user-focused mindset. You should be comfortable developing in Python and/or C#/.NET, using AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate delivery, and working through loosely defined requirements.\n\nSuccess will be measured by your ability to understand users, build practical solutions quickly, iterate based on feedback, and deliver measurable business value.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nEmbed with business teams to understand workflows, identify pain points, and uncover opportunities for AI, automation, or application development.\nLead discovery conversations with users who may not know how to translate their challenges into technical requirements.\nTurn ambiguous business problems into functional prototypes and production-ready solutions.\nRapidly build and iterate using Python, C#/.NET, AI-assisted development tools, or a combination of traditional and AI-generated code.\nDevelop AI-enabled applications, copilots, agents, search tools, workflow automations, and full-stack business solutions.\nDemonstrate early versions to users, gather feedback, and continuously improve the product.\nDetermine when AI is appropriate and when a traditional application, integration, or automation would provide a better solution.\nIntegrate applications with enterprise data sources, APIs, databases, documents, and existing business systems.\nCommunicate technical concepts, limitations, risks, and tradeoffs in language business users can understand.\nEvaluate AI outputs for accuracy, reliability, security, and alignment with business requirements.\nOwn solutions throughout the full lifecycle, including discovery, development, testing, deployment, adoption, and ongoing enhancement.\nAdapt quickly as business needs and executive priorities evolve.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nStrong software engineering foundation using Python and/or C#/.NET.\nExperience developing applications, internal tools, workflow automations, or AI-powered solutions.\nExperience using modern AI development and coding tools to accelerate prototyping and delivery.\nAbility to work across the technology stack, including backend services, APIs, databases, integrations, and user-facing applications.\nPractical understanding of LLMs and AI application patterns, including:\nRetrieval-augmented generation (RAG)\nAI agents and tool calling\nSemantic or vector search\nPrompt engineering\nChatbots and copilots\nAI output evaluation and validation\nCloud development experience in Azure, AWS, or GCP; Azure is preferred.\nAbility to work directly with nontechnical users and translate loosely defined needs into functional solutions.\nStrong communication, listening, presentation, and relationship-building skills.\nDemonstrated ownership, curiosity, adaptability, and comfort operating without perfectly defined requirements.\nAbility to work onsite five days per week and spend time embedded with different business teams.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in a forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, field engineering, technical consulting, innovation, or rapid-prototyping role.\nExperience within oil and gas, energy, industrial, manufacturing, or another asset-intensive environment.\nFamiliarity with workflows across Operations, Engineering, Commercial, Finance, HR, Compliance, or Field Services.\nExperience deploying AI applications within secure enterprise environments.\nExperience with Azure technologies such as:\nAzure OpenAI\nAzure AI Foundry\nAzure Functions\nAzure Service Bus\nAzure API Management\nAzure AI Search\nMicrosoft Entra ID\nExperience with technologies such as SQL Server, SharePoint, Databricks, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, Semantic Kernel, Copilot Studio, or other agent frameworks.\nExperience connecting AI applications to enterprise documents and structured or unstructured data.\nAI certifications, personal projects, hackathon experience, or other evidence of continued experimentation with emerging technology.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\n\nThe strongest candidate will be:\n\nBusiness-minded: Focused on solving the user’s problem rather than applying technology for its own sake.\nTechnically resourceful: Able to build independently and use AI tools to increase speed and productivity.\nUser-facing: Comfortable sitting alongside employees, asking thoughtful questions, observing their work, and earning their trust.\nConsultative: Able to uncover the real business need, even when the initial request is vague or points toward the wrong solution.\nAction-oriented: Moves quickly from discovery to prototype without waiting for perfectly documented requirements.\nAdaptable: Comfortable shifting between technologies, business functions, and evolving priorities.\nPragmatic: Understands when to use an LLM, automate a workflow, integrate an existing system, or build a traditional application.\nOutcome-focused: Can explain what was built, who used it, what problem it solved, and the business impact it delivered.\nEnd-to-end: Takes ownership beyond development, including testing, deployment, adoption, iteration, and production reliability.\n\nAddison Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Addison Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. 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This role will work directly with employees across departments to uncover operational challenges and rapidly transform them into practical AI-powered applications, automations, and internal tools.\n\nUnlike a traditional development role centered around a predefined backlog, this position requires embedding with business teams, observing how work is performed, identifying inefficiencies, and proactively developing solutions.\n\nThe ideal candidate combines software engineering fundamentals with curiosity, strong business instincts, and a user-focused mindset. You should be comfortable developing in Python and/or C#/.NET, using AI-assisted coding tools to accelerate delivery, and working through loosely defined requirements.\n\nSuccess will be measured by your ability to understand users, build practical solutions quickly, iterate based on feedback, and deliver measurable business value.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nEmbed with business teams to understand workflows, identify pain points, and uncover opportunities for AI, automation, or application development.\nLead discovery conversations with users who may not know how to translate their challenges into technical requirements.\nTurn ambiguous business problems into functional prototypes and production-ready solutions.\nRapidly build and iterate using Python, C#/.NET, AI-assisted development tools, or a combination of traditional and AI-generated code.\nDevelop AI-enabled applications, copilots, agents, search tools, workflow automations, and full-stack business solutions.\nDemonstrate early versions to users, gather feedback, and continuously improve the product.\nDetermine when AI is appropriate and when a traditional application, integration, or automation would provide a better solution.\nIntegrate applications with enterprise data sources, APIs, databases, documents, and existing business systems.\nCommunicate technical concepts, limitations, risks, and tradeoffs in language business users can understand.\nEvaluate AI outputs for accuracy, reliability, security, and alignment with business requirements.\nOwn solutions throughout the full lifecycle, including discovery, development, testing, deployment, adoption, and ongoing enhancement.\nAdapt quickly as business needs and executive priorities evolve.\n\nRequired Qualifications\nStrong software engineering foundation using Python and/or C#/.NET.\nExperience developing applications, internal tools, workflow automations, or AI-powered solutions.\nExperience using modern AI development and coding tools to accelerate prototyping and delivery.\nAbility to work across the technology stack, including backend services, APIs, databases, integrations, and user-facing applications.\nPractical understanding of LLMs and AI application patterns, including:\nRetrieval-augmented generation (RAG)\nAI agents and tool calling\nSemantic or vector search\nPrompt engineering\nChatbots and copilots\nAI output evaluation and validation\nCloud development experience in Azure, AWS, or GCP; 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