Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Deployment)

Posted Yesterday
Dallas, TX, USA
In-Office
Junior
Information Technology
The Role
Work with strategic clients to design and implement scalable AI integrations and production-ready workflows, build APIs and data pipelines, debug client environments, lead technical discovery, and drive MLOps and human-in-the-loop deployments to transition AI from proof-of-concept to reliable production.
Summary Generated by Built In

At CloudFactory, we are a mission-driven team passionate about unlocking the potential of AI to transform the world. By combining advanced technology with a global network of talented people, we make unusable data usable, driving real-world impact at scale. 

More than just a workplace, we’re a global community founded on strong relationships and the belief that meaningful work transforms lives. Our commitment to earning, learning, and serving fuels everything we do as we strive to connect one million people to meaningful work and build leaders worth following.

Our Culture

At CloudFactory, we believe in building a workplace where everyone feels empowered, valued, and inspired to bring their authentic selves to work. We are:

  • Mission-Driven: We focus on creating economic and social impact.
  • People-Centric: We care deeply about our team’s growth, well-being, and sense of belonging.
  • Innovative: We embrace change and find better ways to do things together.
  • Globally Connected: We foster collaboration between diverse cultures and perspectives.

If you’re passionate about innovation, collaboration, and making a real impact, we’d love to have you on board!

Role Summary:

Cloudfactory is an AI enablement company where our software platform enables trusted AI at scale. Services of the platform include data preprocessing, AI model fine-tuning, inference oversight and MLOps for AI solutions in production. For traditional enterprises that have an aspiration to leverage AI to disrupt their industries but lack the skills or capabilities needed to design, prove, develop and deploy AI solutions we offer Forward deployed Engineering services that can advise, design, prove, develop, scale and operate AI solutions for them.

You will work directly with strategic clients to design and implement scalable technical integrations, define production-ready workflows, and ensure AI systems transition from experimentation to reliable deployment.

This is a hands-on engineering role with strong product and client-facing responsibilities.

Location & Travel:

  • Preferred location: Dallas, TX
  • Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates
  • Frequent travel to client sites may be required (depending on client needs)

Responsibilities:

AI Deployment Architecture:

  • Design and implement integrations between client systems and CloudFactory’s platform
  • Architect scalable agentic AI & human-in-the-loop workflows
  • Define data ingestion, transformation, and feedback loops
  • Evaluate system bottlenecks (latency, quality, throughput)

Product Readiness & Scale:

  • Translate proof-of-concept AI systems into scalable production workflows
  • Identify operational risks before deployment
  • Partner with Delivery teams to ensure execution feasibility
  • Improve reliability and reduce manual intervention

Hands-on Engineering:

  • Build APIs, connectors, automation scripts, and data pipelines
  • Debug integration issues in client environments
  • Contribute to internal platform enhancements

Field Product Intelligence:

  • Surface recurring patterns from client deployments
  • Distinguish between custom solutions and reusable features
  • Influence roadmap priorities with evidence from the field

Technical Leadership:

  • Lead technical discovery sessions
  • Support pre-sales validation
  • Act as trusted advisor to enterprise engineering teams

Requirements

Engineering depth:

  • 2+ years software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in Python, Go
  • Proficiency with Claude and all relevant AI tools
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Experience building APIs and working with distributed systems

Systems thinking:

  • Experience designing data pipelines or ML infrastructure
  • Ability to evaluate end-to-end workflow performance
  • Familiarity with AI/ML lifecycle (training → inference → evaluation → feedback)

Product judgement:

  • Ability to differentiate scalable feature opportunities from custom requests
  • Strong prioritization instincts

Communication:

  • Ability to communicate with C-level and deeply technical stakeholders
  • Comfortable running technical workshops
  • Able to translate ambiguity into architecture

Benefits

Skills Required

  • 2+ years software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in Python
  • Strong proficiency in Go
  • Proficiency with Claude and relevant AI tools
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Experience building APIs and connectors
  • Experience working with distributed systems
  • Experience designing data pipelines or ML infrastructure
  • Familiarity with AI/ML lifecycle (training, inference, evaluation, feedback)
  • Ability to communicate with C-level and technical stakeholders and run technical workshops
  • Product judgment to distinguish scalable features from custom requests
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The Company
Durham, NC
2,969 Employees
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

CloudFactory is a global leader in combining people and technology to provide workforce solutions for machine learning and business process optimization. Our professionally managed and trained teams work with high accuracy using virtually any tool. We process millions of tasks a day for innovators including Microsoft, GoSpotCheck, Hummingbird Technologies, Ibotta, and Luminar. We exist to create meaningful work for one million talented people in developing nations, so we can earn, learn, and serve our way to become leaders worth following. We’re on four continents, with offices in the U.K., U.S., Nepal, and Kenya. To learn more, visit www.cloudfactory.com.

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