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Forward Deployed Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
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Forward Deployed Engineer (Entry-Level)

Work Location & Relocation

Work Location: Edison, NJ, Dallas, TX, Cincinnati, OH, Santa Clara, CA

Candidates must be open to relocating and working from the designated work location.

Role Overview

Join as a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) and work alongside customer and engineering teams to build, deploy, and improve AI-powered applications in real-world enterprise environments. You'll help bring AI solutions from prototype to production while gaining hands-on experience with modern AI systems, cloud technologies, and enterprise integrations.

What You'll Do

  • Collaborate with customer teams and internal stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver AI solutions.
  • Support the development and deployment of AI-powered applications.
  • Build integrations between AI services and enterprise systems, APIs, and data platforms.
  • Assist with agentic AI workflows, multi-agent systems, and orchestration frameworks.
  • Develop data pipelines and gain exposure to vector databases and RAG architectures.
  • Help create evaluation and observability frameworks to monitor AI system performance.
  • Troubleshoot integration and reliability issues with guidance from senior engineers.
  • Follow engineering best practices for coding, testing, and deployment.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, AI/ML, Data Science, or a related field.
  • 0 to 3 years of experience.
  • Strong foundation in Python development and AI/ML fundamentals (LLMs and Generative AI).
  • Understanding of APIs, databases, data structures, and software design principles.
  • Experience using AI-assisted coding tools.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0 or above.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Java, Go, JavaScript/Node.js, or other full-stack technologies.
  • Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Exposure to vector databases, RAG pipelines, agentic AI, or multi-agent systems.
  • What You'll Gain
  • Hands-on experience delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions.
  • Exposure to real-world challenges involving scalability, integration, and data readiness.
  • Experience building cloud-native AI applications.
  • Knowledge of AI observability, evaluation frameworks, and performance optimization.
  • A strong foundation for growth into a full Forward Deployed Engineer role.

Eligibility Criteria

  • Graduated between September 2025 and December 2026.
  • Candidates must not require sponsorship now or in the future for employment.