Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Forward Deployed AI Engineer responsible for leading the technical strategy, design, development, and evolution of data-driven solutions, generative AI, and intelligent agents for MetLife Brazil. The role involves hands-on work in building scalable and secure solutions, managing technical priorities, and mentoring technical talent. Requires experience in software engineering, data, integrations, cloud environments, and generative AI concepts like RAG, prompt engineering, and agent orchestration.

What you'd actually do

  1. Liderar a arquitetura, o desenvolvimento e a implantação de soluções de dados, IA generativa e agentes inteligentes, garantindo segurança, escalabilidade, observabilidade e alinhamento às necessidades do negócio.
  2. Criar padrões técnicos, componentes reutilizáveis, aceleradores e pipelines que possibilitem a entrega eficiente de agentes e automações em produção.
  3. Supervisionar decisões de arquitetura, modelagem de dados, integrações, APIs, práticas de prompt engineering, RAG e observabilidade, assegurando aderência aos padrões corporativos.
  4. Gerenciar prioridades técnicas, remover impedimentos e garantir conformidade com práticas de DevSecOps, cloud, privacidade, auditoria e uso responsável de IA.
  5. Desenvolver e mentorar talentos técnicos, promovendo colaboração entre equipes de negócio, produto, arquitetura, segurança, dados e engenharia.

Skills

Required

  • Python
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Java
  • SQL
  • generative AI
  • LLMs
  • intelligent agents
  • prompt engineering
  • RAG
  • tool calling
  • workflow orchestration
  • software engineering
  • data engineering
  • integrations
  • APIs
  • cloud environments

Nice to have

  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Azure OpenAI
  • Claude
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Databricks
  • Snowflake
  • LangChain
  • LlamaIndex
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Elastic
  • leading technical teams
  • multidisciplinary squads

What the JD emphasized

  • lead the architecture, development, and deployment
  • hands-on
  • experience with generative AI, LLMs, intelligent agents, prompt engineering, RAG, tool calling, and workflow orchestration
  • lead technical discussions
  • strong sense of ownership
  • responsible for leading the technical strategy, design, development, and evolution

Other signals

  • lead the architecture, development, and deployment of generative AI and intelligent agent solutions
  • build reusable technical patterns, components, accelerators, and pipelines
  • hands-on profile with a strong sense of ownership
  • experience with generative AI, LLMs, intelligent agents, prompt engineering, RAG, tool calling, and workflow orchestration