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As a Forward Deployed AI Analyst, you will train with Makai’s engineering, product, and client teams, then embed in one of our client engagements to find the workflows worth automating and build AI agents that handle them. You will work directly with the people who run the business, and your work is done when their teams rely on what you built.\nThis is an early-career role. You will see how a company actually runs from the inside, rapidly become a subject matter expert, and iterate on prototypes to improve their workflows.\nResponsibilities\nYou will spend about your first month in training and shadowing, then take one workflow end to end alongside a Makai lead before working more independently.\nEngagements vary, but most follow the same arc. You start by learning how the work is done today. Discovery tasks include interviewing client Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), reading the documents they work from, and mapping the systems involved. Based on this discovery, you propose what to automate, work with the client team to write the spec, and build a prototype on Makai's platform. Makai engineers support the technical work throughout. If the prototype holds up with client practitioners, you run the rollout and measure productivity and ROI.\nNot every project reaches every stage. Some end at discovery, and some prototypes don't survive user testing. Part of the job is figuring out what won’t work, so that we can focus our effort optimally.\nOver time, Analysts will get put onto career development tracks toward AI engineering, product and implementation, or engagement leadership, depending on performance and interest.\nExample Problems\nA finance team spends days manually reading data from PDFs, entering them into giant spreadsheets, running internal formulae and drafting reports based on these results.\n\nA field operations team spends hours manually scheduling and resolving conflicts for employees using multiple disconnected platforms.\n\nA spreadsheet process has become a business-critical system without clear ownership or controls.\n\nQualifications\nWe are looking for seniors, recent graduates, and early-career candidates who want a path toward company leadership. An ideal candidate has shown ownership both inside and outside the classroom. 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