Job Title: Sr AI FDE

Location: Bloomfield, CT | Raleigh, NC | Dallas, TX | Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Duration: 6-12 months

Pay: $60/hr

About:

VLink, founded in 2006, is a leading global provider of software engineering services with next-gen technologies and best-in-class talent. Our Headquarters are in the U.S, and we have offices in 7+ countries from North America-Europe to APAC, with expansion plans in the Middle East. With over 1,000 employees working globally, VLink has helped SMBs, and large enterprises achieve their business goals, and gained the trust of Fortune-250 companies. VLink is 'Great Place to Work CertifiedTM' and has been a consistent winner as- Best Places to Work in CT. Trust, collaboration, and accountability are the three elements that are at the core of VLink's work culture. We value our professionals, providing comprehensive benefits and the opportunity for growth.

Future Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work in an AI environment with team members and agents

• Follow engineering best practices and take pride in it.

• Agile Ceremonies Participate and Contribute

• Applications Development leveraging AI Analysis Design Development Testing

• Support QE Testing Volume Testing Implementation Warranty Team Members

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

The FDE works directly inside a business unit or with an external partner to identify an unclear problem, shape the solution, build and deploy production software, and stay accountable through stabilization and handoff. The role combines software engineering, applied AI, and business discovery.

Core responsibilities

• Client and scope problems by observing real workflows and working with business stakeholders.

• Build and review production AI systems, including agent workflows and integrations with enterprise systems.

• Direct agent assisted delivery at L2 and define outcomes and architectural guardrails for more autonomous development at L3.

• Create evaluation suits whether AI systems are accurate, safe, and ready for use.

• Stabilize deployments, hand them to the owning team, and share reusable patterns across the organization.

Qualification

• At least five years in senior individual contributor role and a record of owning production software.

• Full stack engineering, production LLM and agent experience, system design for reliable agent workflows, comfort with ambiguity, and clear communication with business stakeholders.

• Experience with forward deployed or applied AI work, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), agent frameworks, and reusable deployment practices.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.

Employment Practices:

VLink is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

This job application process may use AI-powered tools to assist in screening and evaluating applications based on objective, job-related qualifications. AI is used solely to support the recruitment process and all final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruitment team.

Applicant information will be handled in accordance with VLink's privacy policy.