Forward Deployment Engineer

EXL

Forward Deployment Engineer deploying EXLdata.ai in cloud environments for clients with a focus on data pipeline management and client enablement.

Posted 5/22/2026full-time🇮🇳 IndiaMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Amazon RedshiftAWSAzureBigQueryCloudDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesPySparkPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deploy EXLdata.ai in client-owned AWS/Azure/GCP environments.
Configure networking, security, CI/CD, Kubernetes, API gateways, and identity integration.
Troubleshoot environment, infra, IAM, and pipeline-related issues.
Lead cloud-level optimizations (scaling, cost, performance tuning).
Build, customize, and optimize data pipelines using **PySpark, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake**, or native hyperscaler data services.
Integrate platform agents into client workflows (Data Migration, DQ, DataOps, Annotation).
Assist client SMEs in onboarding data sources, targets, and transformations.
Serve as the **technical anchor** for first-of-kind deployments at each client.
Ensure clients see measurable value from agent-driven automation (SLA reduction, pipeline acceleration, DQ uplift, migration speed).
Provide hands-on support across discovery, configuration, runbooks, and UAT.
Work with product engineering on integrating new GenAI agents into client pipelines.
Tailor agent behaviors, triggers, and workflows for domain-specific use cases.
Share field insights that shape our agent roadmap.
Act as the “voice of the customer” for the EXLdata.ai product team.
Identify enhancements, feature gaps, and new accelerator ideas.
Participate in internal sprints, tooling improvements, and platform hardening.
Support deployments in EXL-hosted private cloud environments.
Serve as the first line of operational excellence for premium clients.
Lead operational reliability, monitoring, and support SLAs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6–12+ years as a **Senior Data Engineer**, Forward Deployment Engineer, or Platform Engineer.
Strong hands-on experience with **at least one hyperscaler** (AWS or Azure or GCP).
Deep expertise in:
**PySpark**, SQL, Python
**Databricks / Snowflake** (one mandatory, both preferred)
Cloud data services (Kinesis, Glue, Redshift, Synapse, BigQuery, DataProc, etc.)
Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
IAM, VPC, private networking, secrets, API management
Demonstrated ability to **work directly with client engineering teams**.
Comfortable running design discussions, debugging sessions, and deployment workshops.
Strong communication skills; able to simplify technical topics for business audiences.
Ability to operate independently with a **consulting mindset and ownership mentality**.
Exposure to LLMs, agent tooling (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, etc.), or willingness to learn fast.
Strong interest in how AI can automate data engineering and governance.
“Can-do” attitude; thrives in ambiguity.
Fast learner; bias for action.
Team player who collaborates across product, engineering, and client teams.
Customer-first orientation and passion for delivering measurable outcomes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Deploy EXLdata.ai in client-owned AWS/Azure/GCP environments.
Configure networking, security, CI/CD, Kubernetes, API gateways, and identity integration.
Troubleshoot environment, infra, IAM, and pipeline-related issues.
Lead cloud-level optimizations (scaling, cost, performance tuning).
Build, customize, and optimize data pipelines using **PySpark, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake**, or native hyperscaler data services.
Integrate platform agents into client workflows (Data Migration, DQ, DataOps, Annotation).
Assist client SMEs in onboarding data sources, targets, and transformations.
Serve as the **technical anchor** for first-of-kind deployments at each client.
Ensure clients see measurable value from agent-driven automation (SLA reduction, pipeline acceleration, DQ uplift, migration speed).
Provide hands-on support across discovery, configuration, runbooks, and UAT.
Work with product engineering on integrating new GenAI agents into client pipelines.
Tailor agent behaviors, triggers, and workflows for domain-specific use cases.
Share field insights that shape our agent roadmap.
Act as the “voice of the customer” for the EXLdata.ai product team.
Identify enhancements, feature gaps, and new accelerator ideas.
Participate in internal sprints, tooling improvements, and platform hardening.
Support deployments in EXL-hosted private cloud environments.
Serve as the first line of operational excellence for premium clients.
Lead operational reliability, monitoring, and support SLAs. 🎯 Requirements
6–12+ years as a **Senior Data Engineer**, Forward Deployment Engineer, or Platform Engineer.
Strong hands-on experience with **at least one hyperscaler** (AWS or Azure or GCP).
Deep expertise in:
**PySpark**, SQL, Python
**Databricks / Snowflake** (one mandatory, both preferred)
Cloud data services (Kinesis, Glue, Redshift, Synapse, BigQuery, DataProc, etc.)
Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
IAM, VPC, private networking, secrets, API management
Demonstrated ability to **work directly with client engineering teams**.
Comfortable running design discussions, debugging sessions, and deployment workshops.
Strong communication skills; able to simplify technical topics for business audiences.
Ability to operate independently with a **consulting mindset and ownership mentality**.
Exposure to LLMs, agent tooling (LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, etc.), or willingness to learn fast.
Strong interest in how AI can automate data engineering and governance.
“Can-do” attitude; thrives in ambiguity.
Fast learner; bias for action.
Team player who collaborates across product, engineering, and client teams.
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Hard Skills & Tools

PySparkSQLPythonDatabricksSnowflakeKubernetesDockerCI/CDIAMCloud data services

Soft Skills

strong communication skillsconsulting mindsetownership mentalityability to operate independentlyteam playercustomer-first orientationcan-do attitudefast learnerbias for actioncollaboration