Forward Deployed Engineer

Who We Are 

Build. Scale. Sustain.  

We are a global technology consultancy with a trademarked, AI-first engineering approach for accelerating the delivery of digital products, and revolutionizing platform modernization. We do the right thing, and we do it right. We're proud to be a World Economic Forum New Champion, and a B Corp-certified company. 

• We are small enough to care locally, big enough to deliver globally: 5 continents, 10 countries, +500 experts from +50 nationalities across the Americas, Europe and APAC 

• We are robust and resilient: 100% independent and 0 debt 

• We are entrepreneurs and passionate experts: We invest in what we believe genuinely and work as a collective intelligence  

• We are positive, courageous, caring, doers and committed to excellence 

About Gen-e2TM 
 
While the market is still largely AI-augmenting delivery, we have reinvented the SDLC to be AI First. Leveraging our 16 years expertise in digital transformation, our approach is a game-changer in productivity and quality, with a strong collaboration between IA generative and our best Talents: 

• We now generate 95% of the entire product — code, documentation, infrastructure as code, and even design powered by GitHub Copilot.  

• The quality consistently exceeds the output of our best traditional engineering teams. 

• A product repository houses all product artefacts, giving AI full project context for higher-quality generation. 

• A library of rules and prompts defines coding standards, design principles, and security guidelines, ensuring enterprise-grade quality and scalability. 
  With Gen-e2TM, we deliver end-to-end products 2–3× faster than traditional approaches, while raising the bar for engineering excellence. 

Your Role 

• You are the architect of the first impression. As a Forward Deployed Engineer at PALO IT, you are our most senior technical profile on the ground — the person who designs AI-first solutions, leads their delivery, and makes our Gen-e²™ methodology real inside our clients' most complex environments. You don't go alone: you lead a dedicated squad of Palowans (engineers, designers, product specialists) embedded at the client side by side. You own the technical vision end-to-end — from architecture decisions to production — and you are the trusted technical voice between your squad, the client's engineering teams, and their executive stakeholders.  

On client engagements, you will: 

• Design the AI-first architecture of the solution — defining the LLM/agent/RAG layer, data pipelines, APIs, and cloud infrastructure, tailored to the client's context (greenfield build or brownfield modernization) 

• Lead delivery with your squad: set engineering standards, review production code, make the critical trade-offs, and ensure Gen-e²™ practices are embedded across the team 

• Translate ambiguous business challenges into a clear technical roadmap — from PoC to scalable, production-grade systems — and own the phased delivery plan with the client 

• Architect for quality at speed: leverage AI coding tools (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or equivalent) as a force multiplier across your squad, without compromising engineering excellence 

• Facilitate architecture reviews, technical governance sessions, and alignment between the client's CTO/VP Engineering and your team — you speak both languages fluently 

• Act as a technical mentor within the Palowan squad — elevating engineers around you and maintaining collective ownership of quality and delivery 

• Feed strategic insights back to PALO IT: your field observations shape the evolution of Gen-e²™ and our AI-first delivery practice 

• Internally, you are a key voice in how PALO IT scales its impact: your experience on the most complex client engagements makes the entire firm smarter.

You bring 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of leading the architecture and delivery of complex AI-first or AI-augmented digital products from greenfield systems to brownfield platform transformations. You have commanded technical teams in high-stakes, client-facing environments and made architectural decisions that ship. 

You are the right fit if: 

• You think in systems and own architectural decisions under uncertainty, designing for scalability, maintainability, and business impact from day one 

• You have hands-on experience designing and deploying AI-powered systems: LLM integration, RAG pipelines, AI agent orchestration (LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph or equivalent), not just experimenting, but shipping 

• You master AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Continue…) as a genuine force multiplier and have led teams that work this way 

• You have solid foundations across the full stack: backend APIs (REST/GraphQL), cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP or Azure), CI/CD, DevSecops, observability and at least one of: Python, Java, or .NET, TypeScript/JavaScript 

• You thrive at the intersection of engineering and business, you can debate trade-offs with a CTO and explain the same decision clearly to a product owner 

• You have delivered end-to-end products in complex, constraint-rich environments, with real users, real deadlines, and real accountability 

• You are permanently curious: the AI landscape moves fast, and you move with it 

• You care about Tech for Good: sustainability, accessibility, and ethical AI are embedded in how you build 

• Background in tech consulting, you know how to deliver in client-facing, high-stakes environments 

• Bilingual French/English, English is mandatory for client and international team collaboration.