Forward Deployed AI Engineer (USA Based)

📋 Description

• Build data pipelines joining NIQ data with client sales, inventory, and margin data
• Design and ship AI decision apps: recommendations, LLM-agent analysis, guardrails with auditability
• Navigate imperfect enterprise data environments and ship quickly
• Work in a 2–3 person deployment team dedicated to one client
• Surface reusable patterns from deployments back into NIQ's product platform

🎯 Requirements

• Strong software engineering: production Python and SQL, data pipelines, APIs
• Hands-on with modern AI tooling: LLM APIs, agent frameworks, retrieval systems
• Full-stack capable to ship a usable app end-to-end
• Bias to speed and client impact over perfect architecture
• Comfortable client-facing: demo and defend trade-offs
• Nice to have: forward-deployed solutions, startup experience, or retail data scale

🎁 Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)