Technical Architect

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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Role Overview We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with customers and engineering teams to identify high-value business problems and build, deploy, and productionize AI-powered solutions. The FDE operates at the intersection of AI, software engineering, solution architecture, and customer problem-solving, taking solutions from initial discovery and rapid prototyping through production deployment and adoption. Key Responsibilities Key Responsibilities · Work directly with customers and domain experts to understand business problems and identify high-impact AI use cases. · Translate business requirements into practical AI/technical solutions. · Rapidly prototype AI applications, agents, RAG systems, and workflow automations. · Design and implement integrations with customer APIs, databases, enterprise systems, and existing applications. · Build production-quality software using modern programming languages, APIs, cloud platforms, and AI/LLM technologies. · Evaluate AI solutions for accuracy, reliability, latency, cost, and business impact. · Troubleshoot real-world deployment challenges and iterate on solutions quickly. · Collaborate with AI Architects, Product, Research, Security, and Engineering teams. · Take ownership of deployments from discovery → prototype → production → handoff. · Capture learnings from customer deployments and help turn them into reusable products, patterns, and platform capabilities. Experience · 6-10 years of professional software engineering experience, with strong backend, full-stack, platform engineering, or solution delivery experience. · 2+ years of hands-on experience building AI/GenAI solutions using LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, or enterprise AI platforms. · Experience designing, deploying, and supporting production applications in enterprise environments. · Experience working directly with customers, business users, or stakeholder-facing project teams Skill Requirements Required Skills Technical · Strong software engineering and programming fundamentals. · Experience building production applications and integrating APIs. · Good understanding of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and AI agents. · Familiarity with cloud platforms, databases, authentication, security, and enterprise integrations. · Ability to debug and solve complex technical problems independently. · Understanding of AI evaluation, observability, guardrails, and production reliability. · Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud platforms. · Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud-native deployment practices. · Knowledge of LLMOps including monitoring, evaluation, tracing, prompt/model versioning, latency optimization, and cost management. · Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, ETL pipelines, message queues, streaming systems, and enterprise data integration. · Familiarity with authentication, security, governance, and enterprise integration patterns. · Ability to debug and solve complex technical problems independently. · Understanding of AI evaluation, observability, guardrails, and production reliability. Problem Solving · Ability to work with ambiguous requirements. · Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills. · Ability to quickly prototype and validate ideas. · Customer and business-oriented thinking. Collaboration · Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills. · Comfortable working directly with customers and senior business/technical stakeholders. · Ability to explain complex AI concepts in simple business terms. · Ability to collaborate across Architecture, Engineering, Product, Research, Security, and Sales/GTM teams. Other Requirements Good Communication Skills Apply now Information at a Glance Why HCLTech? At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first. 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