FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 23, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026.
Job Description
Role Purpose
The purpose of this role is to design, test and maintain software programs for operating systems or applications which needs to be deployed at a client end and ensure its meet 100% quality assurance parameters
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Do
1. Instrumental in understanding the requirements and design of the product/ software
- Develop software solutions by studying information needs, studying systems flow, data usage and work processes
- Investigating problem areas followed by the software development life cycle
- Facilitate root cause analysis of the system issues and problem statement
- Identify ideas to improve system performance and impact availability
- Analyze client requirements and convert requirements to feasible design
- Collaborate with functional teams or systems analysts who carry out the detailed investigation into software requirements
- Conferring with project managers to obtain information on software capabilities
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2. Perform coding and ensure optimal software/ module development
- Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, software development and proposed software
- Develop and automate processes for software validation by setting up and designing test cases/scenarios/usage cases, and executing these cases
- Modifying software to fix errors, adapt it to new hardware, improve its performance, or upgrade interfaces.
- Analyzing information to recommend and plan the installation of new systems or modifications of an existing system
- Ensuring that code is error free or has no bugs and test failure
- Preparing reports on programming project specifications, activities and status
- Ensure all the codes are raised as per the norm defined for project / program / account with clear description and replication patterns
- Compile timely, comprehensive and accurate documentation and reports as requested
- Coordinating with the team on daily project status and progress and documenting it
- Providing feedback on usability and serviceability, trace the result to quality risk and report it to concerned stakeholders
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3. Status Reporting and Customer Focus on an ongoing basis with respect to project and its execution
- Capturing all the requirements and clarifications from the client for better quality work
- Taking feedback on the regular basis to ensure smooth and on time delivery
- Participating in continuing education and training to remain current on best practices, learn new programming languages, and better assist other team members.
- Consulting with engineering staff to evaluate software-hardware interfaces and develop specifications and performance requirements
- Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
- Documenting very necessary details and reports in a formal way for proper understanding of software from client proposal to implementation
- Ensure good quality of interaction with customer w.r.t. e-mail content, fault report tracking, voice calls, business etiquette etc
- Timely Response to customer requests and no instances of complaints either internally or externally
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FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER
Location- Plano, TX / Fresco, TX
Junior Forward Deployed Engineer (Junior FDE) | 3+ years of relevant professional experience
JOB SUMMARY
As a Junior FDE, you will work at the intersection of customer strategy, product, AI architecture, data and engineering. You will identify high-value business problems, shape practical AI-enabled solutions, and work with experienced FDEs, platform teams and engineers to configure, integrate, test and deploy AI-native products in customer environments across the United States or United Kingdom.
This role is for a go-getter with a builder mindset, excellent communication skills and a strong passion for AI technology and its possibilities. You should enjoy solving ambiguous business problems using technology, translating between business and technical teams, learning quickly and continuously, and staying with a solution through production adoption and measurable value.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participate in customer discovery to understand users, workflows, pain points, data, systems, constraints and the business outcomes to be improved.
- Translate business problems into clear hypotheses, measurable success criteria, solution options and the smallest credible production-oriented solution slice.
- Apply an understanding of AI architecture and engineering to support solution design, platform selection, integration, testing, evaluation and deployment readiness.
- Work with senior FDEs, product managers, architects and engineers to configure, customize and integrate Wipro AI-native platforms, agents and reusable accelerators.
- Contribute hands-on to prototyping, data analysis, workflow design, prompt and context design, documentation, demonstrations and user-feedback cycles.
- Help ensure solutions are responsible, secure, reliable, observable and cost-aware, with appropriate human oversight, controls and fallback paths.
- Drive work forward with urgency and ownership, proactively resolve issues and operate effectively in fast-moving customer and product environments.
- Support customer adoption through enablement, workflow improvement and tracking of usage, quality and business-value evidence.
- Capture field insights and convert recurring customer needs into reusable assets, product feedback and roadmap inputs.
- Communicate complex business and technical ideas clearly through structured discussions, concise documents and executive-ready presentations.
ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, AI or a closely related technical discipline. • Experience in a startup, product company or zero-to-one product-building environment.
- Business, management or related postgraduate degree is preferred following the technical degree. • AI-native product development experience involving GenAI, LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, intelligent workflows or production AI applications.
- 3+ years of relevant experience in product engineering, technology consulting, AI/data solutions, digital products or enterprise technology. • Hands-on exposure to Python, SQL, APIs, cloud platforms, workflow automation, data pipelines, evaluation or observability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage business, technical and executive stakeholders. • Industry or domain knowledge and understanding of business processes, KPIs and operating constraints.
- Strong understanding of AI architecture, software/data engineering, APIs, cloud and the AI solution lifecycle. • Strong academic record from leading or Ivy League colleges.
- Builder mindset, structured problem solving, high ownership and the ability to solve business problems using technology. • Experience taking solutions from discovery and prototype through production deployment, adoption and measurable outcomes.
- Passion for AI technology and its possibilities, with a quick and continuous learning orientation. • Understanding of Responsible AI, information security, data privacy, testing and AI economics.
- Willingness and ability to travel for customer engagements, based on business needs.
.Experience: 5-8 Years
.The expected compensation for this role ranges from $60,000 to $135,000 .Final compensation will depend on various factors, including your geographical location, minimum wage obligations, skills, and relevant experience. Based on the position, the role is also eligible for Wipro's standard benefits including a full range of medical and dental benefits options, disability insurance, paid time off (inclusive of sick leave), other paid and unpaid leave options. Applicants are advised that employment in some roles may be conditioned on successful completion of a post-offer drug screening, subject to applicable state law. Wipro provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Applications from veterans and people with disabilities are explicitly welcome.Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention.