The Forward Deployed Engineer II (FDE II) role involves embedding within a strategic enterprise customer to design, build, and deploy AI-powered production systems. This position requires strong software development skills and the ability to deliver complete AI workstreams from requirements gathering to production deployment. FDE IIs work closely with customer engineering teams to understand business processes and technical architecture while mentoring others on high-quality code production. The role emphasizes autonomy, problem-solving, and the continuous improvement of operations.

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
• 2+ years of experience working in an Agile, startup, or rapidly scaling environment
• Experience communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience with agentic and spec-driven development
• Experience with AI tools such as eval frameworks, agent tooling, RAG pipelines, and prompt engineering
• Experience working in customer production environments
• Experience building or deploying AI/ML applications in production environments
• Background as a founder, engineering lead, or startup builder
• Prior experience with React, TypeScript, Python, and/or Go
• Experience interfacing with customers or leading technical projects with external stakeholders
• Experience working with teams that build and scale end-to-end production systems
• Experience with AWS services

• Embed within customer engineering teams to understand business and customer value.
• Design and develop production-grade software for AI applications.
• Be a significant contributor to the full software development lifecycle.
• Troubleshoot production incidents across AI models and application services.
• Mentor and train new team members on system construction and operation.
• Identify opportunities to expand AI adoption within customer engagements.

• Employees at Amazon are often offered comprehensive health benefits—including multiple medical plan options (no pre-existing condition exclusions, 100% covered in-network preventive care), dental and vision plans, a 24/7 medical advice line from day one, expert second-opinion services, and broad mental-health support with several free counseling sessions (including pediatric). Financial wellness typically includes a 401(k) with company match (up to 2%), Restricted Stock Units (equity), FSAs, an emergency savings program, product and partner discounts, and even college-savings and home-purchase programs. Overall, the package is designed to support employees and their families’ health, finances, and day-to-day life.