Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (GenAI)

Location: Hybrid working from the Amsterdam office, Netherlands

Company

hirify.global is a global management consulting group combining data science, technology, creativity, and management expertise to help clients navigate transformation.

What you will do

• Identify client challenges where AI can create value and turn them into deployable solutions.
• Design and implement LLM-based systems, including autonomous agents, RAG pipelines, workflow automation, and conversational interfaces.
• Integrate solutions with APIs, databases, and business tools while complying with GDPR, the EU AI Act, and applicable model licences.
• Benchmark foundation models, rapidly prototype, and validate solutions with users using tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, and pgvector.
• Drive adoption through training, stakeholder collaboration, and iterative improvements in production.
• Communicate effectively with engineers, non-technical teams, and business decision-makers.

Requirements

• Background in computer science, AI, or a related technical field, demonstrated through a degree or practical building experience.
• At least 2 years of professional experience; strong graduates with substantial LLM projects are also encouraged to apply.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, including advanced prompting, RAG, fine-tuning, agent orchestration, and systematic model-output evaluation.
• Strong Python skills and the ability to learn languages required by client technology stacks.
• Experience integrating APIs and connecting heterogeneous systems.
• Ability to understand client context, prioritize useful solutions, and deliver value quickly.
• Ability to teach and communicate across different levels of technical expertise, with active listening skills.
• Fluent Dutch and English.

Nice to have

• Experience with applied AI frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI SDK, or Anthropic SDK.
• Experience deploying and operating solutions in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Exposure to MLOps or LLMOps, including model CI/CD, prompt versioning, evaluation pipelines, or observability.
• Strong understanding of vector databases, embeddings, neural networks, and latent space.
• French or German language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Engagements are measured in weeks, with solutions shipped to real users alongside client teams.
• Work across multiple industries and architectures within a growing AI practice.
• Direct exposure to business decision-makers and a path from delivery to lead engineer or client-facing architect.
• Competitive salary, hospital insurance, and a performance-related bonus.
• Dedicated learning budget, funded Anthropic, AWS, and Databricks certifications, paid conference time, and mentoring from day one.
• hirify.global is unable to provide a work permit for this position.