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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer-Aided Design, Artificial Intelligence, Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Cloud Engineering, Distributed Systems, System Testing, Multi-Agent Systems, Build Management
- **Published:** October 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=3020995683-2

## About the Role

* Production software development
 * AI system architecture
 * Multi-agent orchestration
 * Enterprise retrieval systems
 * Decision intelligence platforms
 * Distributed systems design
 * Cloud architecture
 * System testing and evaluation
 * Observability
 * Incident response

## Description

Lead technical delivery for strategic government customer AI programs, embedding with customer engineering teams to architect, build, deploy, and operate production-scale AI systems. Establish engineering standards and reusable architectures, mentor other engineers, and identify opportunities to accelerate customer AI adoption. Requires U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph; travel up to 25%., * Lead technical strategy and execution across complex, multi-workstream customer AI programs.

 * Design architectures for AI orchestration, enterprise retrieval, and decision intelligence systems.
 * Build and deploy production AI systems that meet enterprise-scale traffic and reliability requirements.
 * Establish operational standards, evaluation frameworks, testing, observability, and incident response practices.
 * Develop reusable engineering patterns and accelerators to expand AI adoption and improve delivery speed.
 * Mentor junior engineers and contribute to hiring, system design, and customer engagement practices.