Overview of 66degrees :

66degrees is an end-to-end AI transformation partner that guides enterprises from complex business challenges to clear, quantifiable outcomes. Our company is the culmination of several successful firms, each a leader in its own right in cloud, artificial intelligence, and data. This convergence of talent and expertise is how we help businesses reach their own "inflection point," where chaotic data becomes a strategic asset, complexity becomes clarity, and AI becomes an engine for growth. Our ultimate vision is to be the catalyst for a future where every business operates as an intelligent enterprise, with autonomous systems unlocking human potential.

At 66degrees, we believe in thriving through challenges and winning together. These values not only guide us in achieving our goals as a company but also for our people. We are dedicated to creating a significant impact for our employees by fostering a culture that sparks innovation and supports professional and personal growth along the way.

Overview of Role :

As a Forward Deployment Engineer, you will work closely with Sales, Engineering, and Service Delivery teams to ensure our customers are achieving successful implementations of complex end-to-end deployments of frontier models. You will work with internal and external stakeholders to drive discovery, technical scoping, system design, build, and production rollout. Through your collaborative interactions with our teams and clients, you'll have an active role in shaping our customer's experience from start to finish.

You will measure success through production adoption, measurable workflow impact, and eval-driven feedback that changes product and model roadmaps. You'll work closely with our Product, Research, Partnerships, GRC, Security, and GTM teams.

Responsibilities :

- Explore and ideate opportunities in the client environment and projects to drive and scale the adoption of agentic solutions, complex data models, and intricate workflows.

- Own technical delivery across multiple deployments from prototype to stable production.

- Build full-stack systems that deliver customer value and sharpen how we learn.

- Embed closely with customer teams, understand their needs, and guide adoption of what you build.

- Scope work, sequence delivery, and remove blockers early.

- Make trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adjust plans to protect delivery.

- Contribute directly in the code when progress or clarity depends on it.

- Codify working patterns into tools, playbooks, or building blocks that others can use.

- Share field feedback that helps Research and Product understand where the models succeed and where they can improve.

- Keep teams moving through clarity and follow-through.

- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders and decision-makers to drive customer success and satisfaction.

- Put on consulting hat during stakeholder engagements and drive full stack thinking around both business and technology levers.

- Design and propose fit-for-purpose agentic solutions for clients based on your research and their needs.

- Prepare demonstrations and proof of concept environments based on client requirements.

- Embrace 66degrees team mentality by providing our team general support on new products and technology in the market.

Qualifications :

- 5+ years of experience working within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or Azure/AWS; GCP Preferred.

- Professional level certification in GCP is required within the first 90 days of employment.

- Experience strategizing, designing, architecting, and leading the deployment of scalable solutions on GCP, strongly preferred.

- 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience that includes customer-facing work.

- Scope and deliver complex systems in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.

- Expertise in production-grade code across frontend and backend using Python, JavaScript, or comparable stacks.

- Have built or deployed systems powered by LLMs or generative models and understand how model behaviour affects product experience, preferably in Google stack or Anthropic.

- Drive solutions from ambiguity to simplicity in a fast paced environment within tight deadlines.

- Strong communication, clarity of thoughts, full-stack approach, and leadership drive critical decisions with engineers, product teams, and customer stakeholders.

- Foresight, risk management, and runtime adjustments without impacting customer experience.

Equal Opportunity :

66degrees is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or other legally protected class.