Forward Deployment AI Engineer at Lyra Technology Group

<div class="content-intro"><p><a href="http://www.lyratechgroup.com/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;normaltextrun&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}">Lyra Technology Group</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;is a&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">p</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">rivate&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">e</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">quity-backed holding company that invests in and&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">operates</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;industry leading technology service businesses. 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As a platform of&nbsp;</span></span><a href="http://www.evergreensg.com/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Evergreen&nbsp;</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Services</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">&nbsp;Group</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">, we never divest from businesses we partner with and approach every decision with the goal of driving sustainable and healthy growth over the long term. </span></span><span data-contrast="auto"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;920dbcde-2834-5e15-a5fa-062170b236ba|1&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;1&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri&quot;,268442635,&quot;22&quot;,469775450,&quot;eop&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;eop&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}"> </span></span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="https://www.accellis.com/">Accellis</a>, a Lyra Technology Group portfolio company, is looking for a Forward Deployed AI Engineer. As an FDE, you will work directly inside our clients' businesses — rolling up your sleeves to design, build, and deploy AI-powered solutions that create real operational impact. You won't be sitting behind a desk writing specs; you'll be on-site at small and mid-size businesses diagnosing inefficiencies, earning stakeholder trust, and shipping production-grade AI agents, automated workflows, and engineering solutions that change how these organizations run. This is a hands-on, client-facing engineering role built for someone who is as comfortable presenting to a business owner as they are writing Python.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Your work as a Forward Deployment AI Engineer will include several components: &nbsp;</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Embed directly with clients to discover operational pain points, map workflows, and identify high-ROI opportunities for AI and automation</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Design and build AI agents using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar — including tool-use, memory, and multi-agent orchestration patterns</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Develop AI-powered workflows that integrate with clients' existing systems (CRMs, ERPs, cloud platforms, communication tools, etc.)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Engineer automation solutions across areas such as document processing, data extraction, reporting, customer communication, and internal operations</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Own the full delivery lifecycle — from scoping and architecture to build, testing, handoff, and lightweight documentation</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Train and enable client teams to maintain and iterate on solutions post-deployment</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Serve as a trusted technical advisor, translating complex AI capabilities into clear business value for non-technical stakeholders</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Contribute internally by codifying reusable components, playbooks, and delivery templates that scale across the practice</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Our ideal Forward Deployment AI Engineer has the following qualifications:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2+ years of professional experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, or a technical consulting role</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Working proficiency in Python and familiarity with REST APIs and cloud services</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience building with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Understanding of prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and agentic workflow patterns</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ability to work independently in ambiguous, fast-moving client environments</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication skills — you can explain a vector database to a CFO without losing them</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Willingness to travel regularly to client sites throughout the Cleveland and Columbus areas</span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Preferred</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with workflow automation platforms (Zapier, Make, n8n, or similar)</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma) and embedding pipelines</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Exposure to low-code/no-code tools alongside custom-code solutions</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prior client-facing, consulting, or forward-deployed engineering experience</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience working with SMB clients</span></li> <li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Legal services or law firm experience</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Who Thrives in This Role</strong></span><br><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">You're a builder who gets energy from solving real problems for real people. You're not waiting for perfect requirements — you ask good questions, form a hypothesis, and get something in front of stakeholders fast. You're comfortable being the most technical person in the room for one hour and a junior learner the next. You care about the outcome, not just the code.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The targeted base salary range for this role is $120,000-$150,000 per year and will operate out of the Accellis office(s) on a hybrid basis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><em>Lyra Tech Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diverse perspectives and are committed to building an inclusive team.</em></span></p>