Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of Software Engineering experience o Strong full-stack development experience (APIs, backend services, data pipelines, web applications)
• Advanced proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Windsurf, etc.)
• Experience driving AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) practices within engineering teams
• Experience building production AI applications using LLMs, RAG, and agent frameworks
• Experience building and deploying applications in AWS and/or Azure
• Experience with containers, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Forward Deployed Engineer, Staff Engineer, or Principal Engineer experience
• Experience establishing AI engineering standards, playbooks, or best practices
• Experience leading AI-assisted development or engineering transformation initiatives
• Experience with Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, or OpenAI APIs
• Media, entertainment, or other similar industry experience
• Cloud, AI, or MLOps certifications
• Strong stakeholder-facing and requirements gathering experience

Job Description

An entertainment client is seeking a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer to join their new strategic Enterprise Intelligence Platform team to drive adoption and innovation of AI-DLC across the enterprise. This resource will partner with business and engineering teams to rapidly build and deploy production applications using AI-assisted development practices. They will remain hands-on across architecture, coding, AI integration, and delivery while helping teams adopt and mature AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) workflows. This engineer will build AI-enabled solutions where needed, establish repeatable development patterns, and drive continuous improvements in engineering velocity and software delivery through effective use of AI tooling. This opportunity is hybrid onsite in Culver City, CA and a 6-12 month contract to hire with high levels of visibility to executive leadership and a clear path to impact and conversion.