Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Agentic AI

There are NO limits to your career: come shape the future and be part of a truly unique global culture at OutSystems!

We are seeking a high-impact FDE to drive this new engagement model. Unlike traditional professional services, this role requires deep embedding within the customer’s mission to provide ownership of their agentic future. You will be a strategic asset, dedicated to solving complex business problems using the OutSystems platform and Agentic capabilities. You will understand customer needs, scope work, prove feasibility, structure delivery, and measure value. Success means reaching outcomes. 

You’ll own the agentic transformation and the building process. It is expected that you:

• Discover and Prioritize AI-driven business use cases. Lead in what to build and why, not just how. Act as if the customer’s mission is our own. Stay accountable to the outcome

• Move with urgency, focus, and resilience, wearing many hats with confidence. Test, adapt, and scale fast. Evolve in motion, turning ambiguity into momentum.

• Embraces complex customer environments not as obstacles, but as blank canvases
   

The position requires strong consulting skills and deep architectural knowledge to guide the design and implementation of enterprise Agentic solutions and intelligent automation systems. Hands-on experience in delivering these solutions is essential.
 

You’ll partner closely with every field team at OutSystems and across the leadership team. You’ll become a key source of customer insight, guiding our long-term product roadmap.
 

You will act as an extension of our Product team, ensuring our most strategic accounts achieve rapid value.

Forward Deployed Engineer: $153,000 - $186,300 Base Salary

Salary Determination: Our salary range is based on industry standards, company performance, and market conditions. We offer competitive compensation packages to attract and retain top talent.

In determining salary ranges, we consider factors such as:

Market Research: Industry reports, salary surveys, and online salary databases

Company Performance: Financial performance, revenue growth, and budget allocation

Job Requirements: Skills, experience, and qualifications necessary for the role

Geographic Location: Cost of living, market conditions, and industry standards in our region
 

Key Responsibilities

• Deep Customer Embedding: operate as a dedicated resource embedded within customer teams to identify and activate new opportunities, finding and solving complex business problems.

• Accelerate Adoption: actively drive the adoption of OutSystems Agentic capabilities to prevent slowdowns and ensure "agentic success" at strategic accounts.

• AI-Native Delivery: Execute "Intelligent” Solution Delivery by integrating AI into the core of the team's daily work and solution design. Prototype fast, proving technical feasibility and business value.

• Client Engagement: Lead transformational discussions and the growth strategy by managing executive relationships.

• Business Development: Strategically identify opportunities to expand use cases. Work with the Account Teams to turn initial "lands" into lasting success stories.

• Product Feedback Loop: Create a direct connection with the Product team, conveying field experience to evolve the product where gaps exist between capabilities and customer needs.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Proven experience performing Forward-Deployed Engineer responsibilities in complex enterprise environments, with a track record of building trust and driving delivery with customers.

• Hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying custom AI solutions to production.

• Strong experience with agentic AI, LLM-based workflows, RAG, and enterprise integrations.

• Experience preparing and structuring enterprise data for AI use cases, including unstructured and semi-structured data.

• Solid understanding of AI governance, security, guardrails, and compliance requirements in enterprise environments.

• Strong consultative engineering skills, with the ability to turn ambiguous business problems into practical solutions and rapid prototypes.

• Demonstrated ability to deliver measurable business outcomes, not just technical implementations.

• Ability to work onsite with strategic customers as needed.

The Longer Story:

Working at OutSystems

Our goal is to ensure that OutSystems is a place for bright, happy, and motivated people who share a common purpose and take pride in doing excellent work to pursue our vision of providing the AI-powered low-code development platform enterprise leaders trust to build, secure, and evolve their business applications, agents, and core systems. Our culture is focused on our core values of trust, customer success, innovation, and alignment. Our team members operate with transparency, integrity, and accountability, define success through the lens of the outcomes we deliver for our customers, push the boundaries with excellence, and work together toward our shared vision to deliver on what matters most.

What do we have to offer you?

• A company that is always growing, changing, and innovating. We challenge each other to innovate in our products, in our team, and how we use our own technology. And we give our teams space to be proactive and creative.

• Real career opportunities. We care about growth and development. Yes, vertical career progression is a possibility, but it's not the only one. From lateral moves and joining different teams to mastering specialized skills, we support your growth no matter what your goals are.

• Work colleagues that are as smart, hard-working, and driven as you. We act as one global OutSystems team, taking ownership and working together toward a shared vision.

• Disrupting the status quo is in our DNA. In fact, it’s why our company exists.

• We ask “why” a lot. It helps us connect our individual work to the bigger picture and sometimes even uncover a better way.

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Then we’d love to hear from you!

OutSystems nurtures an inclusive culture of diversity, where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic self and perform at their best. A company that embraces the creativity and innovation that comes through diverse perspectives. We are committed to creating a team that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive equal consideration regardless of race, place of origin, color, age, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by law.