Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
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Architect connecting AI to governed data in enterprise applications for CData's Connect AI platform. Leading engagements with strategic customers to shape scalable solutions and best practices.
Responsibilities:
- Lead customer engagements
- Run technical discovery workshops with customer architects, data leaders, and AI teams, mapping data sources, MCP Workspace scoping, and agent tooling requirements
- Own the scoping for AI deployments with clear acceptance criteria around agent accuracy, data coverage, and governance
- Translate complex AI + data concepts into executive-ready architecture proposals; defend trade-offs to CxO-level stakeholders
- Architect AI data connectivity end-to-end
- Design solutions across Connect AI’s 350+ sources covering MCP server configuration, semantic context modeling, and governance integration
- Architect agent orchestration using Connect AI Toolkits, defining which data, schemas, and actions each agent can access in production
- Design governed access patterns for AI agents: RBAC, OAuth 2.1, semantic scoping, and audit-trail requirements
- Define AI Best practices using agents, skills and LLMs to drive successful customer outcomes
- Shape the evolution of the Connect AI platform through real-world deployments
- Identify architectural and product gaps during live enterprise engagements and partner with Product and Engineering to define scalable solutions
- Author technical specifications and implementation recommendations for Connect AI enhancements, including both features and core architectural improvements
- Build reusable reference architectures, deployment patterns, and MCP blueprints that reduce implementation friction and accelerate future customer deployments
- Translate recurring customer deployment challenges into scalable platform capabilities and architectural standards
- Mentor FDEs on AI integration patterns, semantic data modeling, and customer-facing technical delivery
- Serve as the first level technical escalation point for customer engagements
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Solutions Engineering, and Customer Success on architectural standards
- Codify field patterns into shared assets, playbooks, templates, sample agents, that the broader team can reuse (SE, CS, support etc.)
Requirements:
- 7+ years as a Solutions Architect, Principal SE, Forward Deployed Engineer, or Technical Lead at a data platform, AI, or enterprise SaaS company
- Has built and shipped production AI applications — not just prototypes
- Worked on a SaaS Platform in an Architect Profile (or closely aligned role)
- Customer-facing track record with senior technical buyers and architecture review boards
- Strong AI/ML literacy: LLM capabilities, agentic architectures, RAG patterns, prompt engineering, and when to apply each
- Able to define Multi-tenant Architectural patterns and security objectives
- Hands-on enterprise data integration: SQL, ETL/CDC pipelines, API design, ODBC/JDBC, and multi-source connectivity
- Able to design governed data access for AI agents — RBAC, OAuth 2.1, semantic scoping, and audit-trail requirements
- Experience with modern data stacks (Snowflake, Databricks, Salesforce) and cloud-native deployment patterns
- Ability to translate complex AI + data concepts into executive-ready architecture proposals
- High agency; comfortable being the senior technical voice in the room with the customer
- Experience mentoring junior engineers without requiring direct reporting relationships
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision plans with company-paid insurance premiums
- Health Saving Account offering with company contribution to help mitigate increasing health costs
- Flexible Savings Account and Dependent Care FSA
- Generous 20-day PTO and 11 paid holidays
- 401k with 100% company match up to 6% of contribution
- A remote-friendly, high-trust culture that empowers collaboration, celebrates curiosity, and encourages innovation
- Work closely with your manager to define professional development and learning opportunities that match your career goals
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