Exadel
Middle/Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Python, AI)
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<span>Why Join Exadel<br><br>We’re an AI-first global tech company with 25+ years of engineering leadership, 2,000+ team members, and 500+ active projects powering Fortune 500 clients, including HBO, Microsoft, Google, and Starbucks.<br><br>From AI platforms to digital transformation, we partner with enterprise leaders to build what’s next.<br><br>What powers it all? Our people are ambitious, collaborative, and constantly evolving.<br><br>What You’ll Do<br><br><ul><li>Embed within client environments, working onsite with the people performing the work and the executives sponsoring it.</li><li>Lead discovery sessions to understand the client’s business, systems, data, operating model, and underlying challenges.</li><li>Translate ambiguous business problems into prioritized and quantified opportunity maps, supported by clear baselines and accountable client owners.</li><li>Identify which opportunities are genuinely worth pursuing and advise against initiatives that do not provide sufficient business value.</li><li>Build trust in the client’s data and deliver working, data-grounded prototypes within the first weeks of an engagement.</li><li>Design, develop, debug, and deploy production-grade AI agents, integrations, data pipelines, and applications within client systems.</li><li>Remain hands-on in the code whenever technical progress or delivery outcomes depend on it.</li><li>Define evaluation frameworks, quality thresholds, regression gates, and monitoring strategies for AI and agentic systems.</li><li>Monitor model and data drift and design effective human-in-the-loop controls for high-impact workflows.</li><li>Scope, sequence, and coordinate delivery across engineers, architects, and specialist contributors.</li><li>Make explicit trade-offs between scope, delivery speed, quality, and business value.</li><li>Orchestrate Exadel Colleague to accelerate delivery and scale successful implementation patterns.</li><li>Convert successful deployments into reusable reference architectures, agent templates, integration blueprints, evaluation frameworks, and delivery playbooks.</li><li>Produce clear technical documentation, operational runbooks, and knowledge-transfer materials.</li><li>Train client teams to independently operate, maintain, and extend delivered solutions.</li><li>For Senior FDEs, independently lead executive discovery, direct pod execution, and take full accountability for engagement outcomes.</li><li>For Senior FDEs, mentor other Forward Deployed Engineers and ensure reusable delivery patterns are incorporated into Exadel Colleague.<br><br></li></ul>What You Bring<br><br><ul><li>Mid-level hands-on technical experience, including client-facing capacity.</li><li>For the Senior Forward Deployed Engineer level, senior-level experience, including technical delivery leadership across multidisciplinary teams or pods.</li><li>A demonstrated record of delivering production software used by real users and business teams.</li><li>Practical experience designing, deploying, and debugging LLM-backed or agentic systems in production.</li><li>Advanced proficiency in Python, along with experience using TypeScript or JavaScript and SQL.</li><li>Strong knowledge of prompt and context engineering, agent architecture, tool and function calling, and retrieval-augmented generation.</li><li>Experience with Model Context Protocol servers, sub-agents, skills, and agent development frameworks such as the OpenAI Agents SDK or Claude SDKs.</li><li>Experience designing evaluation harnesses, quality thresholds, regression gates, drift monitoring, and observability for non-deterministic systems.</li><li>Understanding of human-in-the-loop control design and where human review should remain within automated workflows.</li><li>Experience with data modeling, domain ontologies, ETL or ELT pipelines, relational databases, vector stores, and embedding pipelines.</li><li>Experience building and deploying solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.</li><li>Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, serverless architectures, and enterprise deployment patterns.</li><li>Experience integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs, webhooks, event-streaming platforms, identity systems, and SSO.</li><li>High agency and sound judgment when working through ambiguity, incomplete information, and evolving client requirements.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to become credible and productive quickly within unfamiliar industries and business domains.</li><li>A habit of clarifying the problem, identifying constraints, and explicitly stating assumptions before developing a solution.</li><li>The ability to communicate effectively with both executive and technical audiences.</li><li>Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and precisely.</li><li>Commercial judgment and the ability to connect technical decisions to measurable business value.</li><li>Strong analytical and mathematical rigor when working with incomplete, inconsistent, or unstructured data.</li><li>Fluent English communication skills.</li><li>Willingness to travel approximately 25–50% and work onsite in client environments.<br><br></li></ul>Nice to have<br><br><ul><li>A university degree is preferred but not required. Demonstrated evidence of successfully delivered work will be valued ahead of formal qualifications.</li><li>Java, C#, or C++ within legacy enterprise environments.</li><li>Node.js, React, or Next.js for client-facing applications.</li><li>Fine-tuning fundamentals and multi-agent orchestration.</li><li>TDD or BDD practices.</li><li>Large-scale data processing platforms such as Spark, Databricks, or Snowflake.</li><li>PostgreSQL, MySQL, or comparable relational databases.</li><li>On-premises, sovereign, or restricted-cloud deployment models.</li><li>Enterprise systems such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, Salesforce, or SAP.</li><li>GitHub or GitLab-based delivery workflows.<br><br></li></ul>English level<br><br>Fluent<br><br>Legal & Hiring Information<br><br><ul><li>Exadel is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion across minority, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, and more</li><li>Reasonable accommodations are available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions</li><li>Please note: this job description is not exhaustive. Duties and responsibilities may evolve based on business needs</li><li>Compensation details are shared with candidates at the early stage of the recruitment process.</li><li>The offer is not binding until a signed contract is in place.<br><br></li></ul><em>This position supports US-based operations; however, contracting will be executed locally in Brazil as a [PJ / CLT] engagement. Compensation is set and paid strictly in Reais (BRL).<br><br></em>Your Benefits at Exadel<br><br>Exadel benefits vary by location and contract type. Your recruiter will fill you in on the details.<br><br><ul><li>International projects</li><li>In-office, hybrid, or remote flexibility</li><li>Medical healthcare</li><li>Recognition program</li><li>Ongoing learning & reimbursement </li><li>Well-being program</li><li>Team events & local benefits </li><li>Sports compensation </li><li>Referral bonuses </li><li>Top-tier equipment provision<br><br></li></ul>Exadel Culture<br><br>We lead with trust, respect, and purpose. We believe in open dialogue, creative freedom, and mentorship that helps you grow, lead, and make a real difference. Ours is a culture where ideas are challenged, voices are heard, and your impact matters.</span>