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# Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Applications)

- **Company:** Kforce Inc.
- **Location:** Charlotte, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, C Sharp (Programming Language), Code Coverage, Continuous Integration, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Large Language Models, Claude Code, Spring-boot, Agentic-AI, AngularJS, Information Technology, Build Tools, NestJS, Restful APIs
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/a8af8d3c-9d38-44c9-aa9b-1244690e82ad

## About the Role

* Master's degree in Computer Science from a top-100 US program, as ranked by
 * 6+ years of professional software engineering on production applications
 * Production experience in Java/Spring Boot or .NET (C#)
 * Production experience in TypeScript with Angular or NestJS
 * CSRankings
 * Designing and building REST APIs, and delivering cloud-native applications (containers, CI/CD, observability)
 * Uses Claude Code or Codex or other coding harnesses daily to build production software
 * Has led requirements sessions and demos directly with business stakeholders
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Should be able to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical business leaders, both in person and in writing
 * Experience working in an Agile team, especially short build; Demo; Feedback cycles with business users

## Description

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Applications) in Charlotte, NC. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you embed with a business team, learn how it works, and ship an AI-powered application that the team uses in production.

What you build:

 * Full-stack applications on our stack
 * Engineer the context that an LLM reasons over to generate insights and reports
 * Agentic workflows that improve business processes: agents handle multi-step work such as gathering data, drafting outputs and routing for approval, and people review the decisions that matter

How you build:

 * With coding agents: Claude Code and Codex are your primary build tools
 * With guardrails: You enforce quality through automated tests, test coverage and our existing quality gates
 * With the business, every day: You refine, build and demo with users daily