GenAI Engineer / Forward Deployed Engineer

Post Date

Apr 15, 2026

Location

St. Louis,
Missouri

ZIP/Postal Code

63141
US
Jul 12, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Programmer / Developer

Req #

NYC-cd2553f4-c054-4af9-88ba-f56b48bd66fc

Pay Rate

$68 - $85 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

An AI solutions and consulting firm is seeking a GenAI Innovation Engineer / GenAI Forward Deployed Engineer for greenfield product development. This firm is one of the most reputable AI consultancies in the country. They are disrupting the AI industry not only by building native AI solutions for their clients, but also by bringing together some of the most creative, outside the box thinkers and passionate forward deployed engineers into their internal “Incubator.” Think of an incubator filled with the most elite, AI first builders in the game. They take immense pride in who they hire because their culture is truly special and unique—and being part of it is something people work hard to earn.
In this role, you will build industry specific AI solutions (Healthcare, BFSI) from scratch. The goal is to create reusable frameworks that the company can co invest in with pilot customers. This team is effectively building a “startup” within the organization to serve as the GenAI brain trust for the entire company.

The work will involve frequent client meetings, solving business problems with AI, brainstorming new AI capabilities to take to market, prototyping, and engaging in energizing technical conversations. Day to day responsibilities will include approximately 60% hands on engineering (building production grade AI/ML pipelines and reusable frameworks), 20% research, and 20% architecture and strategy—designing for scalability and transforming specific client solutions into reusable products.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience within Data Science and more recent experience with GenAI - ability to create multi-agent orchestration using AutoGen, LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK, and orchestration platforms like Azure AI Foundry Agent Service or AWS Bedrock AgentCore
• Soft skills: adaptable, creative, determined, pragmatic, curious, external passion, entrepreneurial, scrappy, non-traditional thinker, positive temperament, comfortable wearing multiple hats, dreamer, emotional intelligence.
• Ability to: Rapidly prototype and build agentic solutions, Co-develop code with client engineering teams, Translate abstract requirements into functional software, Integrate AI models into business workflows, Refine solutions based on real-time feedback, Rapid delivery of functional AI MVPs, High-value, scalable intellectual property assets, Validated technical feasibility of AI concepts, Client readiness for operational ownership.
• Day-To-Day Responsibilities:
o 60% Hands-on Engineering: Building production-grade AI/ML pipelines and reusable frameworks
o 20% Research
o 20% Architecture & Strategy: Designing for scalability—turning a specific client solution into a reusable product
o Note: We need builders, not requirements gatherers and this is a 100% client facing role

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Github that shows what personal coding projects they do on free time
• Masters or PHD in Data Science

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.