Forward Deployed AI Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 21, 2026.
At Ampers, we believe great talent deserves great tools. We're an AI-augmented engineering partner based in Portugal, built by people who take their craft seriously and want the room to explore new ways of delivering great work.
Our philosophy? Talent. Amplified. Why? Because AI only earns its place when it's operationalised, and that only happens with the right people behind it.
About the role
We're looking for an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer who brings technical depth and wants their work embedded directly where it matters: inside a client's team, tools and roadmap.
A Forward Deployed AI Engineer is a hands-on engineer embedded with client teams to deploy and scale AI in real enterprise environments, turning AI capabilities into production systems.
In this role, you will:
Own outcomes end-to-end, from prototype to production
Drive adoption, reliability, and measurable business impact
Work directly with client teams across leading AI platforms
Design solutions spanning architecture, data, security, governance, and business workflows
Your Profile:
Proven experience as a Forward Deployed AI Engineer (or similar) with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containers, serverless) and production MLOps/DevOps (CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, monitoring)
Expertise designing and deploying agentic AI solutions (agents, orchestration, RAG, workflows) in production
Hands-on experience with multi-model AI platforms and multi-provider pipelines
Comfortable working in Agile, client-embedded environments, owning delivery end-to-end, quantifying business impact, and building trust with senior stakeholders
Fluency in English
Our Values:
Experience and craft over headcount
Human judgment first, AI tooling as an accelerator
Curiosity about AI, without cutting corners on quality
Proximity, transparency and accountability with every client
What you'll find at Ampers:
Complex, high-impact projects with national and international clients
Access to Ampers' AI-Amplified tooling
A close-knit team driven by creativity and innovation
European working hours and exposure, based from Portugal