Engineer I, Forward Deployed Engineer
BengaluruFull-time5–9 yrsPosted 2 days ago
Senior engineering role at GSK in Bengaluru. Needs 5+ years and a B.Tech, B.E. or B.Sc.
About the role
Forward Deployed Engineers are the builders at the front of the delivery pipeline — embedded with business unit teams, prototyping AI ideas at a days-to-weeks cadence and handing proven solutions off cleanly for scale-up. The Engineer-I is a mid-level individual contributor in the FDE team. This role contributes to FDE engagements under the direction of more senior FDEs, learning the practice through hands-on work.
What you'll do
- Contribute to BU use case engagements — prototyping, demoing, refining — under the direction of more senior FDEs
- Embed with BU teams alongside the Lead or Senior FDE, building working relationships with BU engineers and product owners
- Operate AI agent workflows under guidance — contributing to multi-agent prototype delivery
- Use AI coding assistants as the default mode of building; develop genuine fluency with Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and Databricks AI Assistant
- Contribute to clean handoff packages for the Solutions Engineer — documentation, runbooks, and working software
What you need
- Git
- Data structures
- Python
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Go
Good to have
- Machine learning
- GCP
- Databricks
- LLMs
- Prompt engineering
- Deep learning