Forward Deployed AI Engineer

D.R. Horton
Arlington, TX
Job Description
Role Overview

The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will work at the intersection of business problems and technical execution, helping turn emerging AI capabilities into practical solutions. This role will partner directly with business and technology teams to discover opportunities, rapidly prototype, connect data and AI to real workflows, and help move successful ideas into production.

What You Will Do

Embed with business and field teams to understand workflows, decisions, pain points, data, local variation, and measurable outcomes. Rapidly prototype and productionize AI-enabled applications, agents, copilots, APIs, workflow automations, and decision-support experiences.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate is equally comfortable in a business conversation and writing code, thrives in ambiguity, and enjoys demonstrating what is possible through working solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering, AI engineering, solutions engineering, data engineering, or comparable experience
  • Strong Python and/or TypeScript/JavaScript skills with experience building APIs, applications, integrations, and AI-enabled solutions
  • Practical experience with LLMs, RAG, agents, tool and MCP integration, prompt/context engineering, evaluation, document AI and unstructured data, and production AI patterns
  • Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with willingness to spend significant time with business users and field teams
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, take ownership, communicate clearly, and deliver results in an evolving environment
  • Ability to build trusted relationships across the organization, balancing enterprise standards with business needs and operating realities

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental and Vision
  • 401(K)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Flex Spending Accounts
  • Life & Disability Insurance
  • Vacation, Sick, Personal Time and Company Holidays
  • Multiple Voluntary and Company provided Benefits
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