Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Location

Remote (U.S.)

Other Considerations

U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident Required with the ability to obtain a Public Trust

Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

LTS is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered software solutions that solve complex business and mission challenges. This is a highly customer-facing role that combines software engineering, AI/ML expertise, technical leadership, and solution architecture to rapidly deliver innovative, production-ready solutions.

The ideal candidate is an experienced engineer who excels in ambiguous environments, partners effectively with executive and technical stakeholders, and leads cross-functional teams through the full solution lifecycle. Senior Forward Deployed Engineers serve as trusted advisors to customers while remaining hands-on in solution delivery, mentoring engineering teams, and helping shape technical strategy across engagements.

What You’ll Do:

Customer Engagement & Technical Leadership

• Partner directly with customer stakeholders to understand business objectives, operational challenges, and technical requirements.
• Translate complex customer needs into scalable AI-enabled software solutions.
• Lead technical discovery sessions, architecture workshops, and solution design discussions.
• Collaborate with customer leadership, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to drive successful project outcomes.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout solution implementation and deployment.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships while managing expectations and ensuring successful delivery.
• Guide customers in adopting AI technologies and modern engineering best practices.
• Mentor engineering teams and promote technical excellence across engagements.

Solution Engineering

• Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-enabled applications, intelligent automation solutions, and modern software platforms.
• Build scalable backend services, APIs, integrations, and workflows using modern software engineering practices.
• Develop solutions utilizing large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic AI, machine learning, and other emerging AI technologies where appropriate.
• Design secure, scalable, and maintainable architectures that balance performance, reliability, governance, and cost.
• Deliver clean, production-quality, well-tested, and well-documented code.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, logging, and observability.
• Develop reusable frameworks, software components, documentation, and engineering accelerators that improve delivery across projects.

Delivery & Practice Leadership

• Lead technical workstreams and provide engineering leadership across multiple projects.
• Support solution planning, estimation, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical coaching.
• Contribute to proposals, technical presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts (POCs), and customer solution workshops.