Applied AI Architect
forgd
Applied AI Architect
forgd
Consultancy deploying Claude in large enterprises
forgd is the consultancy partnering exclusively with Anthropic to help enterprises build
AI-native businesses. We start with engineering — helping organizations move from
individual developers using Claude Code to entire teams shipping together with AI-native
workflows — and expand into agentic solution delivery and broader business
transformation.
Our conviction is that engineers are uniquely positioned to lead this transformation. The
strongest mental model for designing, deploying, and governing AI agents in production
lives in software engineering. The teams that change how their organization builds
software are the same teams equipped to shepherd the rest of the business into this new
world.
We embed and co-build with customer teams. Cycles are short, delivery is iterative and
accountable to clear outcome goals.
As an Applied AI Architect, you embed with enterprise customers and own the technical
work across the full customer journey — initial demos, short proof-of-value engagements,
and multi-week implementations. The work moves customers from interesting prototypes
to production capability.
Most engagements start in engineering. You'll work with customer engineering teams
adopting Claude Code and redesigning their SDLC — code review, requirements, testing,
documentation, and governance. From there, the work expands: co-building agentic
applications and modernizing legacy systems on the Claude developer platform, and
partnering with business stakeholders to deploy agents into core operations like sales,
customer service, and finance.
You're the expert in the room on how engineers work with Claude Code, what an agentic
application looks like in production, and what has to change in an organization to sustain
either. You build prototypes, ship code, run workshops, write specs, and make the calls
that move customers from demos to deployment.
Collaborate directly with Anthropic on customer engagements — joint working sessions,
early access to product changes, and a direct line to their product and engineering teams.
Lead Claude Code Labs and customer workshops
Take customer teams from beginner to power user across Claude Code, Claude for
Work, Cowork, and the developer platform
Codify deployment patterns and feed them back to forgd's methodology and
Anthropic's product teams
Lead discovery into customer environments — engineering toolchains and
workflows, business operations, and organizational dynamics — and turn that into
clear technical plans
Advise on how AI-native development changes existing engineering practices:
issue management, branching, testing, code review, and security
Guide adoption programs that scale Claude across engineering organizations and
into business teams
Scope engagements: assumptions, risks, milestones, and dependencies
Embed with customer teams to co-build agentic applications on the Claude
developer platform
Build technical artifacts — evaluation frameworks, MCP servers, sub-agents, and
deployment configurations — tailored to the customer's stack
What Success Looks Like
Customers move from proof-of-value to production
Engineering teams measurably change how they ship software
Customers become references
Accounts expand on the strength of the work
You May Be a Good Fit If You Have
3–5 years in a customer-facing technical role — Solutions Architect, Sales
Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Technical Consultant — or in a hands-on
engineering role as a Software Engineer or Product Engineer
Software development experience in a high-scale startup or enterprise
environment; you know what it takes to write, ship, and operate production code
Production experience with LLMs — prompt engineering, agent design, and
evaluation frameworks.
Power user of Claude Code or equivalent AI coding assistants; you live in AI-native
development yourself
Familiarity with enterprise development toolchains, CI/CD, and modern SDLC
practices, and cloud-native deployment on AWS, GCP, or Azure
Communication skills that work across the room — individual contributors,
engineering leadership, and business stakeholders
High agency and comfort with ambiguity; you operate autonomously in customer environments
Background in professional services or consulting
Track record leading developer productivity or developer experience at scale
Vertical experience in financial services, healthcare, or other regulated industries
Experience driving organizational change
Work at the frontier: Direct partnership with Anthropic — joint engagements, early
access to product changes, and working sessions with their Applied AI team
Founding team: You shape how we work and grow as we scale
Remote: Fully remote across North American and European time zones
Compensation and benefits: Competitive salary, equity, and full benefits
We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. Research shows
people from underrepresented groups often hesitate unless they meet every requirement,
and we don't want you to exclude yourself prematurely. If you're excited about AI-native
engineering and want to help enterprises change how they build software, we'd love to
hear from you.
forgd is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other
characteristic protected by applicable law. We make hiring decisions on merit, and we
provide reasonable accommodations for candidates who need them during the hiring
process.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. All applicants must have the right to work in the United States without employer sponsorship, now or in the future.
forgd is a consultancy and Anthropic partner that helps large organizations turn Claude pilots into production systems. Its Applied AI Architects run workshops and proof-of-value engagements, then embed with client engineering teams to tighten requirements, testing, code review, and governance, and co-build agentic applications on the Claude developer platform for workflows in sales, service, and finance. Engagements run in stages, from activation and build through scale and managed agents, for enterprises, private-equity portfolio companies, and nonprofits. Unlike a systems integrator staffing a project, it works alongside the client's own engineers and keeps people in the loop as prototypes move into production. The company's goal is to get enterprises past demos by building the operating practices that production AI requires.
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