<p></p><p><strong><span class="TextRun SCXW202736664 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202736664 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">Location</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202736664 BCX8" data-ccp-charstyle="Strong">:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202736664 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202736664 BCX8"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202736664 BCX8" lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202736664 BCX8">Remote (U.S.)</span></span></strong></p><p><strong>Other Considerations: U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident required</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p><strong>LTS</strong> is seeking a <strong>Lead Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)</strong> to provide technical leadership for the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered software solutions that address complex business and mission challenges. This highly customer-facing role combines AI engineering, software architecture, solution delivery, and technical program leadership while remaining hands-on throughout the development lifecycle.</p><p>The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader who can guide multidisciplinary teams, influence executive stakeholders, and deliver enterprise-scale AI solutions in fast-paced environments. As a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer, you will serve as the primary technical advisor to customers, establish engineering strategy, oversee solution delivery, mentor engineering teams, and help shape LTS's AI engineering capabilities.</p><p><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong><br>Executive Customer Engagement</p><ul><li>Serve as the primary technical advisor for customer engagements, building trusted relationships with executive leadership, technical stakeholders, and business owners.</li><li>Lead technical discovery sessions, solution workshops, and architecture discussions to define customer objectives and implementation strategies.</li><li>Translate business priorities into scalable AI-enabled software solutions and technical roadmaps.</li><li>Advise customers on AI adoption strategies, solution architecture, governance, and operational readiness.</li><li>Communicate complex technical concepts, trade-offs, and implementation risks to both technical and non-technical audiences.</li><li>Support business development activities through technical presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts (POCs), proposals, and solution briefings.</li></ul><p>Technical Leadership & Delivery</p><ul><li>Lead cross-functional engineering teams responsible for delivering enterprise AI and software solutions.</li><li>Provide technical direction throughout the full software development lifecycle, from architecture through deployment and operational support.</li><li>Guide engineering teams in designing secure, scalable, maintainable, and high-performing software systems.</li><li>Lead architecture reviews, design discussions, sprint planning, technical decision-making, and engineering governance.</li><li>Establish engineering standards, development practices, quality metrics, and delivery processes across engagements.</li><li>Remove technical blockers, manage delivery risks, and ensure successful execution across multiple projects or workstreams.</li><li>Mentor engineers through architecture guidance, code reviews, technical coaching, and career development.</li></ul><p>AI Solution Architecture & Engineering</p><ul><li>Architect and oversee the development of AI-enabled applications, intelligent automation solutions, and modern software platforms.</li><li>Lead the design and implementation of solutions leveraging large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agentic AI, machine learning, and other emerging AI technologies.</li><li>Guide the design of scalable data pipelines, knowledge retrieval systems, APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations.</li><li>Establish best practices for prompt engineering, AI evaluation, model governance, human-in-the-loop workflows, and responsible AI.</li><li>Define engineering approaches that balance scalability, performance, security, reliability, governance, and cost.</li><li>Review production-quality code and ensure adherence to software engineering best practices.</li><li>Drive implementation of CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, monitoring, logging, observability, and operational excellence.</li><li>Develop reusable frameworks, technical accelerators, documentation, and engineering standards that improve delivery across programs.</li></ul><p>Program & Practice Leadership</p><ul><li>Lead multiple engineering initiatives while ensuring consistent delivery quality across teams.</li><li>Coordinate cross-functional and geographically distributed engineering teams, including hybrid onshore/offshore delivery models.</li><li>Establish delivery governance, resource planning, risk management, stakeholder communications, and project health reporting.</li><li>Contribute to organizational engineering strategy, AI capability development, and technical innovation.</li><li>Promote continuous improvement through engineering best practices, reusable assets, and knowledge sharing.</li><li>Stay current on emerging AI technologies, cloud platforms, software engineering trends, and industry best practices.</li></ul><p><strong>What We’re Looking For:</strong></p><ul><li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).</li><li>7+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, machine learning, data engineering, solution architecture, or related technical roles.</li><li>Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams delivering enterprise software solutions.</li><li>Experience designing, building, and deploying AI/ML or Generative AI solutions in production environments.</li><li>Experience architecting distributed systems, APIs, microservices, cloud-native applications, or enterprise integrations.</li><li>Strong experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or hybrid cloud environments.</li><li>Experience leading technical workstreams and translating business objectives into scalable technology solutions.</li><li>Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated testing, and production monitoring.</li><li>Excellent communication, leadership, consulting, and stakeholder management skills.</li><li>Proven ability to lead engineering teams in agile environments while remaining hands-on technically.</li><li>Ability to travel as required by project needs.</li></ul><p><strong>Nice to Have:</strong></p><ul><li>Experience architecting Generative AI applications utilizing LLMs, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic AI, intelligent automation, or multi-agent systems.</li><li>Experience establishing AI governance, evaluation frameworks, prompt engineering standards, model monitoring, and responsible AI practices.</li><li>Experience implementing MLOps or LLMOps capabilities, including model deployment, monitoring, lifecycle management, and performance evaluation.</li><li>Experience with modern data engineering platforms including Spark, Airflow, Kafka, streaming technologies, or enterprise data architectures.</li><li>Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.</li><li>Experience integrating enterprise systems using APIs, event-driven architectures, and messaging platforms.</li><li>Familiarity with cybersecurity, privacy, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements.</li><li>Experience leading distributed engineering teams across hybrid or global delivery models.</li><li>Experience supporting federal, healthcare, defense, or other regulated industry customers.</li><li>Experience contributing to business development, technical strategy, solution architecture, and organizational engineering leadership.</li></ul><p> </p><p><strong>What’s in it for you?</strong></p><ul><li>The opportunity to support high visibility federal missions in IT and healthcare</li><li>A culture that values innovation, growth, collaboration, and quality</li><li>Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies</li><li>Comprehensive benefits for you and your family</li><li>A career path that rewards ambition and performance</li></ul><p> </p><p>If you’re ready to push boundaries, sharpen your skills, and join a team that is passionate about building what’s next, we’d love to meet you. Apply today and let’s build a future together!</p><p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>LTS </strong>shares salary ranges to promote transparency. Compensation ranges are provided for informational purposes, and final compensation may vary based on experience, skills, location, and role requirements.</p><p><strong>LTS </strong>is committed to offering eligible employees comprehensive benefits that will provide them with options intended to meet their needs and the needs of their family.</p></div>