AI​/ML & Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) C2C roles

Job Title:

AI/ML & Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Experience:

8+ Years

Employment Type:

C2C (Corp-to-Corp)

Work Mode:

Onsite – 5 Days/Week

Locations:

Minneapolis, MN / Chicago, IL / New York, NY / Texas / Tampa, FL (Candidate can be based at any of these TCS office locations)

We are looking for an experienced AI/ML & Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) with 8+ years of experience to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI/ML and GenAI solutions. The ideal candidate will combine strong software engineering skills with AI/ML expertise and work closely with business stakeholders to deliver production-ready AI solutions. The role requires working onsite from any of the TCS office locations in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, Texas, or Tampa, five days a week.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify AI/ML opportunities.
• Translate business problems into scalable AI solutions.
• Lead technical discovery sessions, workshops, and solution design.
• Deploy pilot solutions and continuously improve them based on customer feedback.

• Build and optimize machine learning models for classification, regression, forecasting, NLP, and anomaly detection.
• Perform feature engineering, model evaluation, hyperparameter tuning, and performance optimization.
• Develop robust testing and validation strategies.

• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines.
• Develop prompt engineering strategies and LLM integrations.
• Implement guardrails, hallucination reduction, evaluation frameworks, and monitoring.

• Deploy AI solutions using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement model versioning, monitoring, drift detection, and automated retraining.
• Maintain production-grade AI systems.

• Develop REST APIs and microservices.
• Integrate AI solutions into enterprise platforms.
• Work with Azure API Management, OAuth2/JWT authentication, and enterprise integration patterns.

• Mentor engineering teams.
• Conduct design reviews and establish engineering best practices.
• Produce architecture documentation and reusable accelerators.

• Python
• ReactJS (Primary) or Angular
• REST API Development (FastAPI, Spring Boot, Node.js)

• Azure OpenAI/OpenAI APIs
• Lang Chain
• Semantic Kernel
• RAG Architecture
• Prompt Engineering
• Vector Databases (Pinecone, Azure AI Search)

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
• Azure Functions
• Azure App Services
• Azure Storage
• Cosmos DB

• SQL
• MongoDB / Cosmos DB

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD

• OAuth2
• JWT
• RBAC
• Encryption
• Secure API Design

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep)
• Azure ML
• MLflow
• Kubeflow
• Databricks
• Spark
• Sage Maker
• Vertex AI
• Elasticsearch/Open Search
• Weaviate
• Milvus
• Healthcare domain experience

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI/ML and GenAI applications in production.
• Strong stakeholder communication and customer-facing experience.
• Experience working in Agile environments.

• Client:
  
  TCS
• Employment Type:
  
  C2C
• Work Location:
  
  Minneapolis, Chicago, New York, Texas, or Tampa (Any TCS office location)
• Work Mode:100% Onsite
• Schedule:
  
  5 Days a Week from Office