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FCCI Insurance Group

Forward Deployed Engineer-AI

$119K - $183K Sarasota, FL, US Mid Posted October 26, 2026

Role Description

FCCI is guided by our core values of Loyalty, Integrity, Vision, Excellence and Service. These are the principles and behaviors that guide how we support and trust one another, build our teams, cultivate leaders and create a company that feels like family. If these are your values, we’d like you to join our team.

This key role will be responsible for accelerating the delivery of high-value AI solutions across the enterprise. The FDE will work directly with business, architecture, data, security, and delivery teams to understand complex problems, rapidly build AI-enabled solutions, and help move successful concepts into production.

The key responsibilities will be:

  • Working directly with business teams to identify and define high-value AI opportunities.
  • Rapidly design, build, test and validate AI applications, agents, copilots and workflow solutions.
  • Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise applications, APIs, data platforms and knowledge repositories.
  • Apply techniques such as RAG, agentic workflows, tool calling, prompt/context engineering and AI evaluation.
  • Partner with Architecture, Security, Data, Risk and Compliance teams to ensure solutions meet enterprise standards.
  • Establish evaluation, monitoring, and reliability approaches for AI solutions.
  • Operate from problem discovery through technical validation and early productionization, then transition ongoing ownership to the appropriate delivery team.
  • Convert successful implementations into reusable components, patterns, and reference implementations.
  • Transition mature solutions, documentation, and knowledge to delivery teams for ongoing ownership, support and enhancement.

In exchange for your talents, FCCI offers competitive salaries and an excellent benefits package which includes:

  • Flexible Work Environment
  • Paid Family Leave
  • Competitive PTO & Holidays
  • Recognition & Bonus Programs
  • Medical, Vision, Dental & Life Insurance
  • Employee Referral Bonus
  • Paid Volunteer Time
  • 401(k) Match & Profit-Sharing

The salary range for this position is $118,864-$183,051 annually. This salary range is an estimate and the actual salary will vary based on applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

Please apply via our website at www.fcci-group.com (http://www.fcci-group.com).

Drug Free Workplace (*Pre-employment drug screen is conducted for all positions)

Experience

Required* + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, IT, or Information Systems (Note: Relevant, progressively responsible work experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required education.) + Minimum of four years of software engineering, application development, or technical solution delivery experience + Strong hands-on programming skills in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript. + Experience building production applications and APIs. + Hands-on experience with large language models and generative AI. + Experience with cloud platforms, enterprise integration, and modern AI techniques such as RAG agents, vector search, and evaluation. + Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work across business and technical teams. + Experience in a regulated enterprise environment. + Experience with P&C/commercial insurance processes, such as underwriting, policy servicing, claims, billing, payments, or agent/customer servicing. + Experience with platforms such as AWS Bedrock, Azure AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Databricks, or similar technologies. + Ability to understand and improve systems; evaluates system’s current state/practices and recommend modifications. + Ability to analyze, define and solve problems; the use of good judgment and decision-making.

Preferred* + AWS AI Practitioner, AWS Machine Learning Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Azure AI Engineer Associate, or other relevant Databricks/AI/Data/AWS certifications

Equal Opportunity Employer

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About Forward Deployed Engineering

Forward Deployed Engineers are embedded directly with customers to build custom solutions, integrate products into existing infrastructure, and bridge the gap between product engineering and customer success. The role combines deep technical skills with the ability to operate in client environments and translate business requirements into working software.

Originally pioneered by Palantir, the FDE model has spread across AI, enterprise SaaS, and cloud infrastructure companies. FDEs write production code, architect integrations, train customer teams, and feed product insights back to the core engineering organization. At companies like OpenAI, Salesforce, and Databricks, FDE teams are treated as elite engineering units that can ship custom solutions in days rather than quarters.

Typical FDE stack: Python, TypeScript, SQL, REST/GraphQL APIs, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and increasingly LLM APIs and AI orchestration frameworks. Strong communication and the ability to context-switch between technical and business conversations are as important as coding ability.

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