# Lead - Forward Deployed Engineer/AI Application Engineer

Who We Are At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses. We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people-Kyndryls-that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive. The Role Your role As a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Application Engineer) and a core member of a new AI business, you will engage directly with clients to translate their business and operational challenges into concrete concepts and requirements for AI adoption. You will lead technology selection and architecture design for solutions leveraging generative AI and agentic AI, proactively driving development, production deployment, and continuous improvement. You will manage quality and technical risks, guide the team through reviews and technical support, and contribute to delivering client value and expanding the business by turning insights and outcomes

- **Id**: 4026678
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/kyndryl-lead-forward-deployed-engineerai-application-engineer>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: board_field
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Fukuoka, Japan
- **Countries**: JP
- **Hiring countries**: JP
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T17:11:19Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T17:11:19Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6913
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: IT Infrastructure & Networking Services, Managed IT Services (MSP), Systems Integrators, Cloud Consulting & Migration

## Company

- **Id**: 91
- **Name**: Kyndryl
- **Domain**: kyndryl.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/kyndryl>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 83
- **Open postings**: 164
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.665
- **Repost share**: 0.012
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 35
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Node JS** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Japan** — Iso: JP; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T17:11:19Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T20:19:10Z

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