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Forward Deployed AI Architect

Tribe AI· Product & Engineering
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RemoteFull-timePosted 6mo ago

About the role

We’re looking for a Forward Deployed AI Architect to lead mission-critical client engagements, acting as the technical cofounder on accounts, designing end-to-end AI systems, guiding teams, and bridging technical outcomes with business value.

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical discovery with clients: understand environments, constraints, and the realities of dynamic enterprises.
  • Design AI/ML architectures that balance speed, reliability, and cost - but never at the expense of outcomes.
  • Provide architectural guardrails while enabling engineers to move fast and adapt in the field.
  • Lead and coach the engineers on the account — set technical direction for people, not just systems.
  • Partner with the Forward Deployed CTO to support team’s growth as well as figure out team composition according to account needs.
  • Act as the forward-deployed face of technical leadership, tailoring communication from engineers to C-levels.
  • Teach and enable client teams by turning complexity into clarity.
  • Influence decision-making by linking technical choices to business wins.
  • Guide engineers through execution without smothering them in process.
  • Translate client-specific solutions into reusable patterns that strengthen our platform.
  • Share insights across the company, raising the bar for future deployments.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years designing and delivering complex software systems, with strong AI/ML depth.
  • Track record of leading and coaching a team of 3+ engineers over multiple years.
  • Proven experience as a hands-on technical lead — building and shipping — in high-stakes enterprise environments.
  • Mastery of the AI development lifecycle: from messy data ingestion to model deployment and monitoring.
  • Ability to engage credibly across audiences - engineers in the trenches, executives in the boardroom.
  • Background in consulting or client-facing engineering roles where outcomes mattered more than process.
  • Systems thinker with a missionary mindset: you’re here to win, not to optimize for your next job.

Skills

Required:AI/ML architecture designTechnical leadershipClient engagement / communicationAI development lifecycle
Last updated Aug 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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