Senior Manager, Forward Deployment Engineer

T-Mobile

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Work type
On-site
Location
Bellevue, WA
Salary
$176,000–$317,400 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
87 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

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About T-Mobile

T-Mobile US is the second-largest wireless carrier in the United States, providing wireless voice, messaging, and data services under the T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile brands. Industry: Wireless Telecommunications

T-Mobile currently has 72 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Forward Deployment Engineer

The Sr Manager, Forward Deployment Engineer leads the management layer of the Forward Deployment Engineering practice, overseeing multiple pods that embed engineers directly into business units. You will manage the practice's technical quality, resource allocation, and headcount planning while building and deploying production agentic AI solutions against real business problems. Key responsibilities include guiding architectural trade-offs, ensuring responsible AI and data security standards, and managing relationships with Director and VP-level stakeholders. You must possess a hands-on production engineering foundation and technical fluency in LLM deployment patterns, including RAG architecture, prompt orchestration, and multi-agent system design. Required skills include experience with frameworks like LangChain, LlamaIndex, or AutoGen, as well as cloud-native infrastructure like AWS, to deliver validated ROI outcomes across diverse business domains.

What you'll do

  • Guide high-stakes agentic AI delivery decisions, architectural trade-offs, and cross-domain patterns to ensure technical quality.
  • Manage the hiring pipeline, headcount planning, and resource allocation across multiple engineering pods.
  • Serve as the senior point of contact for Director and VP-level stakeholders to align roadmaps with business objectives.
  • Monitor and report on practice-level metrics including aggregate ROI, team retention, and delivery quality.
  • Directly manage FDE pods by providing coaching, performance feedback, and career development for engineers and managers.
  • Establish and enforce practice-level standards for responsible AI, data security, and privacy across all deliverables.
  • Identify and resolve systemic delivery issues and structural blockers before they impact business domains.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or related technical field.
  • Master's Degree (preferred).
  • 7-10 years of total experience in technical and people leadership roles combined.
  • 5+ years of progressive people management experience, including managing other managers or senior technical leads.
  • More than 10 years of combined technical and leadership experience (preferred).
  • Experience building or scaling a forward deployment, solutions engineering, or embedded technical practice (preferred).
  • Hands-on production engineering foundation with AI/ML engineering background to guide strategic technical decisions.
  • Authorized to work in the United States.

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