Forward Deployment Agentic Engineer

Job Family :

• Business Systems Analysis
• Travel Required :

• Up to 10%
• Clearance Required :

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do :

Solution Delivery

Build and support agentic AI solutions using Claude, API integrations, and modern application development practices.

Translate business and workflow needs into practical technical designs and working prototypes including Custom Skills.

Develop reliable agent workflows that use tools, structured outputs, retrieval, and human review where appropriate.

Contribute to the design of solution patterns that balance usability, performance, maintainability, and safety.

Engineering and Integration

Build and maintain integrations with internal and external systems through APIs, services, and data pipelines.

Support read-oriented and low-risk workflow integrations with common business systems and internal applications.

Work with relational databases and related data storage patterns to support application state, retrieval, and auditability.

What You Will Need :

Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DHS "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Four (4) or more years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, analytics engineering, or a related technical role

TWO (2) years of recent, hands-on experience building GenAI, LLM, or agentic solutions

Experience with Claude API, Claude for Enterprise, Claude Code, tool use, or similar LLM platforms

Experience building and integrating applications through APIs, services, or workflow automation

What Would Be Nice To Have :

• •Anthropic Academy coursework or certificates in areas such as AI Fluency, API development, Model Context Protocol, Claude Code, or related Claude platform topics
• •Experience building reliable, maintainable, and well-documented code

• •Anthropic partner training or certification experience, or equivalent Claude-focused credentialing
• •​Working knowledge of relational databases and basic data modeling concepts

Experience with cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud

Experience with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), embeddings, or vector search

Familiarity with agentic workflow patterns, orchestration, and human-in-the-loop designs

Exposure to evaluation practices for AI systems, including testing, validation, and quality review

Familiarity with logging, monitoring, and observability for application services

Experience supporting internal platforms, client implementations, or enterprise software delivery

Strong interest in building practical AI solutions that are useful, trusted, and easy to maintain

• The annual salary range for this position is $70,000.00-$116,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.
• What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

Parental Leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance

Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits

Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

Care.com annual membership

Employee Assistance Program

Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)

Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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