Forward Deployed Engineer, Agentic AI
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 18, 2026. Cprime scores A on the Alion truth index.
Why this role matters
AI is changing how large organizations operate, and most of our clients are still working out what that means for them. They know the potential is real. What they need is a partner who can connect that potential to their business, prove it quickly, and then make it work at scale.
Forward Deployed Engineers are central to how we do that. You'll be on the front line of our clients' AI transformation, helping them move from interest and experimentation to AI agents that change how their people work. The work you do shapes what clients believe is possible, which initiatives they invest in, and how successfully those initiatives land.
For Cprime, this role is also a driver of growth. The trust you build and the results you show are what open the door to larger, longer-term transformation programs.
About the role
You'll work where a client's business problem becomes a working AI solution. That spans the full client journey: understanding what the business needs, showing what's possible, and delivering solutions that get used.
Some of your work will support new business. You'll help prospective clients see the value of agentic AI through fast, focused proofs of value, and your contribution to winning new engagements is a core part of how success in this role is measured. The rest of your work will be billable delivery, where you'll build and deploy solutions as part of a client implementation team.
The platforms and systems vary by client, so adaptability matters more than deep expertise in any one tool. You'll start alongside senior team members and take on more ownership as you grow.
Above all, this role is about communication. The best technical build doesn't matter if you can't connect it to the problem the client actually has and explain it in terms they care about.
What you'll do:
- Work with business and technical stakeholders to understand how they operate and where AI can make the biggest difference
- Translate business challenges into practical technical approaches, and explain the tradeoffs in plain language
- Help clients prioritize the opportunities that will deliver value soonest
- Quickly build proofs of value that show clients what's possible in their own environment
- Present and demo solutions to audiences ranging from technical teams to executives
- Contribute technical input to proposals, solution designs, and estimates
- Help clients see a clear path from an early win to broader adoption
- Design, build, and integrate AI agents and automations with the systems clients already use
- Take solutions from build through testing, deployment, and early adoption
- Partner with client teams so they can own and extend what we build
- Turn what you learn into reusable approaches that make future work faster
- Share lessons from the field with the team, including what didn't work
Understand the business
Help win new work
Deliver for clients
Grow the practice
What you bring:
- Roughly one to three years in software engineering, solutions engineering, technical consulting, or a related field. Internships, bootcamps, and personal projects count
- Comfortable writing code and working with APIs and integrations
- Hands-on experience building something with AI, at work or on your own
- Strong written and verbal communication with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Genuine curiosity about how businesses run, and the ability to connect business problems to technical solutions
- Confidence in client-facing settings, including presenting and asking the hard questions
- Able to move quickly and handle ambiguity without losing quality
- Interest in the commercial side of consulting and how great work leads to new opportunities
Treat this as a description of who we expect you to grow into, not a checklist. If you meet most of it, apply.
Bonus points, none required:
- Experience with enterprise platforms such as ServiceNow or Moveworks
- Background in pre-sales, solutions engineering, or consulting
- A project or demo you can walk us through
How we will set you up:
- You'll work alongside experienced team members on your early engagements
- Paid time and budget for relevant certifications
- A sandbox environment to learn and experiment
- Regular team sessions to share what's working across client engagements
What good looks like in your first 90 days:
- You've made meaningful contributions to client engagements, including at least one that supported new business
- You can build and troubleshoot an integration on your own
- You've presented to a client and handled their follow-up questions
- You've helped the team translate a client's business problem into a proposed solution
Why this role is worth your time:
AI transformation is one of the biggest shifts large organizations will go through, and few people early in their careers get to help lead it. Here you'll work across many clients, industries, and platforms, and you'll both shape new opportunities and deliver the results. That combination builds real business and technical judgment fast.