FDE Lead

About Position:

We are seeking a Forward Deployment Engineering Lead to lead the design, deployment, and scaling of Agentic AIbased data accelerator solutions across enterprise customers. This role combines deep technical expertise, customer engagement, and team leadership, focused on delivering productiongrade GenAI and agentic solutions on AWS, Azure, and GCP.You will own customer success from solution architecture through production rollout, mentor FDE teams, and act as a strategic advisor on Agentic AI platform adoption.

• Role: FDE Lead
• Location: All Persistent Location
• Experience: 15+ Years
• Job Type: Full Time Employment

What You'll Do:

• Lead endtoend deployment of Agentic AIdriven data accelerator solutions
• Act as senior technical advisor for strategic enterprise customers
• Architect and guide implementation of agentic frameworks (planning, tools, memory, orchestration)
• Design scalable backend systems using Python, FastAPI, Flask, and REST APIs
• Oversee deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Drive adoption of GenAI, LLMs, RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector databases
• Guide UI integration using React for demos and production solutions
• Mentor and lead teams of Forward Deployment Engineers
• Partner with product, platform, sales, and leadership teams to influence roadmap
• Establish reusable accelerators, architectures, and best practices

Expertise You'll Bring:

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud platforms, or AI solutions
• Strong handson expertise in Python and APIbased architectures
• Extensive experience with FastAPI, Flask, RESTful services
• Proven experience delivering Generative AI / LLMbased solutions in production
• Strong understanding of Agentic AI systems and frameworks
• Deep multicloud experience: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Working knowledge of React for frontend integration
• Demonstrated leadership in customerfacing or forwarddeployed engineering roles
• Excellent communication, technical leadership, and stakeholder management skills

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly growth opportunities and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Values-Driven, People-Centric & Inclusive Work Environment:

Persistent is dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We invite applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, and regardless of gender or gender preference. We welcome diverse candidates from all backgrounds.

• We support hybrid work and flexible hours to fit diverse lifestyles.
• Our office is accessibility-friendly, with ergonomic setups and assistive technologies to support employees with physical disabilities.
• If you are a person with disabilities and have specific requirements, please inform us during the application process or at any time during your employment

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Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.