C3 AI
Forward Deployed Team Lead
New York, New York, United States · Staff+
No sponsorship$130k-$194kDetected 7 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaGoBackend DevelopmentBigQuerySnowflakeRedshiftDatabricksAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGraphQLRESTMachine LearningData EngineeringLLMsAgentic AI
About the role
- C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company.
- Write production code yourself-backend services, data pipelines, APIs, integrations. - Product ownership.
Responsibilities
- Technical architecture. Own data flow, integration topology, identity model, and deployment architecture across the customer's infrastructure.
- Product ownership. Own the deployment's roadmap. Execute on the statement of work. Decide what's in scope, what's a one-off, and what should become product.
- Project management. Own the plan, milestones, risks, and dependencies. When something slips, know first and flag first.
- Account growth and development. Partner with Sales to identify expansion opportunities within the account-surfacing new use cases, supporting renewal conversations, and ensuring successful deployments convert to long-term customer relationships.
- Forward Deployed Team Leads are senior technical leads who own a commercial or enterprise customer end-to-end.
- scope the workflow with business and technical stakeholders, design the architecture, write the code that closes the gaps, and drive the deployment through to measurable business value.
Requirements
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Java, Go, or C++.
- Familiarity with enterprise data environments: cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Redshift), REST/GraphQL APIs, and common ERP or CRM platforms.
- Comfort with modern deployment practices: CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), cloud-native services, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or equivalent).
- 6+ years shipping production software, with 2+ years as a tech lead or senior individual contributor owning delivery end-to-end.
- Demonstrated ownership of systems taken from zero to production in a commercial or enterprise context.
- Bring deep expertise in at least one vertical (financial services, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, or defense) to accelerate time-to-value and credibility with customer stakeholders.
- Experience working directly with business and technical stakeholders at mid-market or enterprise accounts-comfortable in both exec-level conversations and deep technical design sessions.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/ML platform deployments or data-heavy enterprise applications at scale.
- Familiarity with major cloud environments: AWS, Azure, or GCP, including managed ML/AI services.
- Proven ability to turn a messy, ambiguous customer problem into a clean, repeatable deployment pattern.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.
- C3 AI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristics, including disabled and veteran status.
Skills
- CI/CD, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), cloud-native services, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or equivalent).
Compensation
- C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.
Benefits
- Experience in regulated industries (healthcare/life sciences, manufacturing, energy) where compliance and change management are part of the delivery.
Company info
- AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company.
- C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise.
- Enterprise readiness. Ensure the platform is configured, secured, and monitored to meet enterprise security and compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, data residency, etc.).
- You'll combine strong technical architecture, hands-on coding, product ownership, project management, and stakeholder communication-embedding directly with customers to take our product from "design" to "in production."
Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future company sponsorship.
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