Senior Applied AI Engineer

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the role:&nbsp;</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Forter is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the AI Engineering team in a role focused on embedding directly with business teams to drive AI transformation. Be at the forefront of Applied AI. This role is outward-facing: you will engage with GTM and G&amp;A functions — Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Legal, Customer Success — and fundamentally alter how these teams operate with AI.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Departments outside of R&amp;D are still early in their AI journeys, and they need technically strong partners who can understand their workflows, identify the highest-leverage opportunities, and build the solutions that actually change how work gets done. If you see the value in sitting with a business leader, understanding a painful manual process, and shipping something in a week that saves hundreds of hours, then this role is for you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Why should you join us?</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is a unique opportunity to own the end-to-end AI transformation of entire functions, with executive sponsorship and real mandate. You’ll be working as part of an incredibly strong team of senior engineers at the forefront of AI. The work revolves around learning the latest tech in AI, and leveraging it to change how hundreds of people across the organization work every day.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You'll operate with unusual autonomy: scoping problems directly with function leaders, deciding what to build, shipping it, measuring impact, and iterating. You'll work closely with senior leadership to ensure your work aligns with company strategy, giving you company-wide business impact and visibility.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>What you will be doing:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Embed with GTM and G&amp;A teams (Sales, Marketing, Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement, Customer Success) to identify, scope, and prioritize the highest-impact AI opportunities within each function, and act as both product manager and engineer for these initiatives.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Own the full lifecycle of each solution, from requirements gathering through deployment to adoption measurement and iteration, with a focus on business outcomes.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Serve as the primary technical partner and AI advisor for business function leaders, translating their needs into engineering plans and helping them develop their own AI fluency.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop and deliver hands-on AI enablement and training for non-R&amp;D teams, building their ability to use AI tools independently and effectively.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collaborate with the team to leverage shared infrastructure (MCP servers, RAG systems, evaluation frameworks, guardrails) while feeding back requirements from the field.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Measure and report on AI adoption impact — unlocking new opportunities, process improvements, and capability gains — to build the case for continued investment and to guide prioritization.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Who are you?</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">7+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong track record of shipping production systems.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated experience working directly with non-technical teams to deliver technology-driven transformation.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Exceptional communication skills: you can run a discovery session with a VP of Sales, write a clear project brief, present results to an executive audience, and pair with a junior analyst on prompt engineering, all in the same week.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong product instincts and critical thinking. You naturally think in terms of user problems, adoption, and measurable outcomes rather than technical elegance for its own sake.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Comfortable with ambiguity and self-direction. You won't have a detailed backlog handed to you; you'll build it by understanding the business.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Passionate about LLMs, prompt engineering, and AI application patterns (agentic and autonomous workflows, RAG, agents, tool use).&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Solid understanding of GenAI, LLMs and foundation models.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Solid familiarity with AI coding tools like Claude Code, Github Copilot, Cursor, or similar.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hands-on experience building internal/external AI-driven workflows, agentic frameworks, evals, RAGs, MCPs, skills, etc.&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fluent in written and spoken English.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>It’d be really cool if you also:</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Have led or played a central role in an AI or digital transformation initiative, with measurable results you can speak to.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Have experience in product management, solutions engineering, or technical consulting roles in addition to software engineering.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Are familiar with GTM/G&amp;A tooling ecosystems (CRM, BI platforms, marketing automation) and understand how AI can augment them.</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Have experience designing and delivering technical training or enablement programs.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Us:</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Commerce is evolving faster than the systems built to support it. 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