Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Founding technical leader on LDM Global's Transformation team building AI-enabled automation for eDiscovery, digital forensics, and legal document review. Day to day: leading client-facing technical engagements, architecting cloud/LLM workflows, and building document-processing pipelines in Python.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Mohali, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Category
- Solutions engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 1–5 years in a technical role such as Solutions Architect, Forward-Deployed Engineer, Data/AI Consultant, Full-Stack Engineer, Product Manager, or similar
- Strong proficiency in Python and common data science/engineering packages (Pandas, NumPy, SQLAlchemy, FastAPI/Flask)
- Familiarity with modern AI tooling (LLM APIs, vector stores, RAG, embeddings, prompt engineering)
- Experience integrating disparate data sources via SQL, APIs, CSV ingestion pipelines, or third-party integrations
- Hands-on experience with OCR, NLP-based document classifiers, or document review automation platforms
- Working knowledge of PII/PHI identification techniques and data classification frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA)
- Proven track record of leading technical projects and working directly with customers or internal stakeholders
- Experience mentoring junior developers or leading small project teams
- Prior hands-on experience leading document automation workflows in a breach response, eDiscovery, or data privacy context
- Growth mindset and passion for continuous learning
- First-principles thinking and comfort navigating ambiguity
- Fast clock speed — reason through problems, decide, and execute quickly
- Ability to simplify complex systems and communicate clearly to non-technical stakeholders
Nice to have
- Experience with Microsoft Azure (preferred); AWS/Google Cloud also relevant
Full description
As a
Forward Deployed Engineer within LDM Global's Transformation team, you will be
a founding technical leader driving the development and deployment of
AI-enabled solutions and automations across the business. Your focus will be on
enhancing LDM Global's core platforms for eDiscovery, digital forensics, and
legal document review, while also working directly with key clients to design
and implement custom, technical workflows.
You
will sit at the intersection of LDM's engineering, product, and operational
teams, applying deep technical expertise to solve complex, real-world problems.
This is a highly entrepreneurial role with significant autonomy, where you will
directly influence LDM Global's internal methodologies and client outcomes as
we accelerate our cloud and AI strategy.
**Key Responsibilities
Drive Internal Platform
Automation
Identify
performance bottlenecks and manual workflows within LDM Global's eDiscovery and
digital forensics platforms. Architect, develop, and deploy core engineering
solutions to increase automation, performance, and security.
**Lead Client-Facing Technical
Engagements
Own
technical discovery, solution design, architecture, and delivery for key client
projects. This includes running pre-sales scoping sessions to understand client
workflows, data sources, and success metrics.
**Translate Business Needs into
Technical Solutions
Translate
ambiguous legal and business problems into clear technical plans, prototypes,
and implementation roadmaps, ensuring alignment with LDM Global's security and
operational standards.
**Architect and Build AI-Enabled
Workflows
Design
system architectures, data flows, integration layers, and application
functionality across cloud, LLM, and analytics stacks to support automation and
client solutions.
**Technical Implementation and
Guidance
Guide
the implementation of solutions by engineering teams and contribute code when