Software Development Engineer, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Amazon
AI assistant
Job Description
A Forward Deployed Engineer I embeds directly inside a strategic enterprise customer alongside senior FDEs to help design, build, and deploy AI-powered production systems. FDE Is write production-grade code under the guidance of senior engineers, contributing software components to AI systems that deliver measurable customer business outcomes.
FDE Is are early in their forward-deployment career. They take well-defined tasks within larger AI workstreams and deliver high-quality, well-tested code that goes to production. They learn rapidly from customer environments, constantly absorbing new techniques from senior FDEs. They operate with regular checkpoints and escalate when blocked, progressively taking on more difficult work as they demonstrate competence.
Key job responsibilities
•Embed within customer engineering teams. Work alongside senior FDEs and customer engineers to understand the customer's technical architecture and business context. Execute
FDE Is are early in their forward-deployment career. They take well-defined tasks within larger AI workstreams and deliver high-quality, well-tested code that goes to production. They learn rapidly from customer environments, constantly absorbing new techniques from senior FDEs. They operate with regular checkpoints and escalate when blocked, progressively taking on more difficult work as they demonstrate competence.
Key job responsibilities
•Embed within customer engineering teams. Work alongside senior FDEs and customer engineers to understand the customer's technical architecture and business context. Execute