Senior Forward Deployed Engineer - Lead Software Engineer at SAP

Setup: Hybrid
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 21, 2026

Summary from listing

Capgemini is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) in Applied AI to lead customer-facing Conversational AI initiatives. The role owns the end-to-end engineering lifecycle from conversational prototypes to production-ready, scalable, secure AI systems; builds evaluation and observability pipelines; identifies reusable technical patterns; and collaborates with customer engineering teams. It is a hybrid, high-travel role across Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago, Dallas, and New Jersey, requiring 10 years of software development experience and expertise in Python, machine learning operations, cloud infrastructure, Terraform, multi-agent systems, and enterprise integrations.

Required Skills

Python
Machine Learning Operations
Cloud Infrastructure
Terraform
Multi-Agent Systems
Observability
GCP

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 10 years of software development experience using Python or a similar coding language
Lead development of complex Conversational AI and customer experience applications, transitioning prototypes to production-grade agentic workflows
Experience architecting AI systems on cloud platforms such as GCP
Experience deploying resources with Terraform or similar tools
Experience building full-stack applications interacting with enterprise IT infrastructure and developing external customer projects
Experience implementing multi-agent systems using ReAct and self-reflection frameworks
Experience debugging agent logic and optimizing tool selection
Translation Company Name: Capgemini