Forward Deployed Engineer

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Forward Deployed Engineer, Core42, Abu Dhabi - UAE About Us Core42, a leader in AI-powered cloud and digital infrastructure, is driving transformative technology solutions globally. Leveraging advanced resources and partnerships, Core42 empowers clients to harness sovereign AI infrastructure, especially in sectors with stringent regulatory needs. With a mission to redefine digital transformation, we combine sovereign capabilities with scalable, high-performance compute infrastructure, positioning Core42 at the forefront of AI innovation in the Middle East and beyond. The opportunity As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will be a hands-on, customer-embedded full-stack engineer responsible for turning complex and often ambiguous customer problems into secure, reliable and production-grade AI solutions. You will work side by side with customer users and engineers, owning the technical lifecycle from discovery, architecture and rapid prototyping through frontend and backend development, data and AI integration, deployment, production operations, adoption and continuous improvement. You will contribute directly in code and make practical engineering trade-offs across user experience, functionality, model quality, security, reliability, latency, cost and delivery pace. You will also convert successful field patterns into reusable software, accelerators, reference architectures and product feedback that improve Core42 platforms and future customer deployments. This is an individual-contributor engineering role. It is not a Technical Program Manager, Engineering Manager, presales, advisory-only or staff-augmentation position. The FDE owns and builds the technical solution while collaborating with program, product, data, security and customer teams. Your key responsibilities Customer-embedded engineering: Work directly with customer business, operational and engineering teams from discovery and onboarding through deployment, adoption and optimization. Build a deep understanding of workflows, users, data, systems, constraints and desired outcomes. Problem discovery and solution shaping: Translate open-ended business problems into measurable outcomes, technical hypotheses, architecture, delivery increments and a prioritized engineering backlog. Prototype quickly, validate with users and refine the solution through evidence. End-to-end ownership: Own technical delivery from the first working prototype to stable production, including integration, testing, release, observability, troubleshooting, stabilization, documentation and handover. Frontend engineering: Build responsive, accessible and maintainable user-facing applications using React, TypeScript and modern web-development patterns, or comparable frontend technologies. Create interfaces for AI-assisted workflows, conversational experiences, operational tools and human-in-the-loop decisions. Backend engineering: Design and build secure backend services, APIs and asynchronous workflows using Python and Node.js/TypeScript, or comparable production stacks. Implement business logic, orchestration, authentication, authorization, caching, queues and integrations. Data and integration engineering: Connect customer and third-party systems through well-designed APIs, connectors and event-driven patterns. Work with relational and non-relational data stores, data pipelines, enterprise identity and access controls, and structured and unstructured data. AI and agentic applications: Build and operate LLM and generative-AI applications using patterns such as retrieval-augmented generation, tool use, multi-step agentic workflows, prompt and context engineering, evaluation, guardrails and human-in-the-loop controls. Production engineering: Apply software-engineering discipline through code reviews, automated testing, version control, CI/CD, infrastructure and configuration automation, observability, logging, monitoring, alerting, runbooks and incident learning. Reliability and operations: Use telemetry, service logs and debugging tools to diagnose, resolve and prevent production issues. Improve scalability and reliability, reduce manual operations and automate repeatable workflows wherever practical. Security, privacy and sovereignty: Embed secure coding, threat modeling, secrets management, data protection, responsible AI, auditability and compliance requirements throughout the lifecycle. Support public cloud, private cloud, hybrid, on-premises and restricted deployment models. Delivery judgment: Scope and sequence work, manage technical dependencies, identify risks and remove blockers early. Make explicit trade-offs between scope, speed, quality, security, model behavior, latency and cost while protecting the customer outcome. Customer adoption and enablement: Explain technical decisions clearly to engineers, users and executives. Guide adoption through joint engineering, documentation, training, operational handover and capability transfer. Productization and feedback: Turn recurring customer needs and successful delivery patterns into reusable components, connectors, evaluation assets, playbooks and reference implementations. Provide field evidence to Core42 Product and Engineering teams to influence platform priorities. Cross-functional collaboration: Work in a small multidisciplinary crew with software engineers, data scientists, product managers, designers, domain experts, security specialists, Technical Program Managers and go-to-market teams, while remaining directly accountable for engineering execution. (a) Required skills / qualifications (b) Preferred skills / qualifications What success looks like Role boundaries What working at Core42 offers With a diverse team of 1,100+ employees from 68 nationalities, we foster an inclusive, innovative and collaborative environment. At Core42, we foster a culture grounded in trust, accountability and high performance. We are united by our values: Grit, where we overcome challenges with resilience and determination; Passion, which drives us to pursue excellence in everything we do; and Impact, as we aim to inspire progress and create meaningful change. Our team members thrive in an environment where each person’s contributions propel us forward, and together, we commit to achieving extraordinary results.