Forward Deployed Engineer (Agentic AI Specialist)

About OutSystems: OutSystems is the premier, internationally recognized enterprise low-code platform pioneer, AI agent building innovator, and global application modernizing leader on an absolute mission to accelerate digital transformation globally. By combining the speed of generative AI with a deterministic, secure, and highly resilient orchestration layer, OutSystems empowers large-scale organizations to rapidly build, deploy, and scale mission-critical software solutions while bridging the complex “enterprise gap.” Consistently recognized as an industry leader by top analyst firms Gartner, Forrester, and IDC, the company unifies a thriving worldwide community of more than 900,000 developer members and 600 partners across 21 industries. Our customers are some of the world’s most recognizable brands—including Toyota, Heineken, Bosch, KeyBank, and UCLA—who trust our unified platform to govern their entire AI portfolio across complex regulatory environments. OutSystems provides high-agency technical consultants with an uncompromised remote-friendly canvas to lead secure human-AI collaboration and architect the agentic era safely worldwide.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical, systems-minded Forward Deployed Engineer (Agentic AI Specialist) to join our core centralized Technology division in a permanent, full-time capacity base-stationed within Nagoya, Japan (Job Requisition ID: R1575). Launching a pioneering high-impact engagement model across the Japanese market, this high-leverage architectural seat requires a rare blend of a highly skilled engineer, an agile prototyper, and a polished IT consultant who takes true ownership of strategic client missions. Shifting completely away from traditional hands-off consulting or passive professional services, you will embed directly within customer operations, practicing a *Gemba*-centric philosophy to solve complex business friction points. This position requires an enterprise platform veteran with a proven track record in Forward-Deployed Engineering or Solutions Architecture who designs Agentic AI layouts fluidly, structures multi-tier data ingestion pipelines smoothly, and communicates natively in Japanese (including business Keigo) alongside business-level English to connect field insights directly with our global engineering labs.

Key Responsibilities

• Gemba-Centric Deep Customer Embedding: Operate as a dedicated, trusted technical partner embedded directly on-site within strategic customer teams in the Nagoya/Chubu region, uncovering, parsing, and scoping complex enterprise business constraints natively utilizing AI Engineer alignment practices.
• High-Impact Agentic AI Adoption Governance: Champion the adoption of OutSystems’ Agentic AI capabilities, leading strategic discussions on “what to build and why” to turn highly ambiguous business challenges into high-value autonomous agent networks.
• AI-Native Prototyping and Delivery: Execute rapid prototyping and agile feature implementation loops natively leveraging Prompt Engineering guidelines, integrating advanced machine learning, large language model (LLM) workflows, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) modules into the core of client workflows.
• Enterprise Data Engineering and Ingestion Curation: Prepare, clean, and structure massive enterprise data architectures—encompassing unstructured and semi-structured datasets—to optimize them specifically for AI/ML query ingestion and low-latency response patterns.
• Executive Stakeholder Transformation Leadership: Lead technical alignment discussions and build deep relationships with corporate executives, IT directors, and operational leaders, translating complex algorithmic models into business-relevant ROI metrics.
• Sovereign AI Governance and Guardrails Hardening: Adapt, audit, and secure client cloud application layers to guarantee continuous alignment with data privacy laws, enterprise security frameworks, and local Japanese compliance requirements.
• Strategic Business Development Landings: Partner closely with internal OutSystems Account Teams to identify operational expansion vectors, successfully converting initial successful implementations into widespread, long-term enterprise adoption stories.
• Global Product Feedback Loop Publication: Act as a direct field extension of our global Product and Engineering teams, synthesizing unique localized Japanese market technical feedback into actionable scannable data briefs to guide the macro product roadmap.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Proven professional history running advanced forward-deployed engineering, enterprise solutions architecture, high-stakes technical IT consulting, machine learning systems development, or digital transformation consulting.
• Deep, authoritative technical command of AI-agent building blocks, large language model (LLM) orchestration frameworks, vector databases, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and complex enterprise API integrations.
• Expert-tier background constructing functional software mockups, handling data serialization, and deploying enterprise-grade machine automation channels natively utilizing AI Engineer tools.
• Practical operational familiarity organizing semantic vectors, optimizing prompt contextual weights, and training customized classification filters natively using Prompt Engineering rules.
• Demonstrated history navigating complex enterprise security constraints, data governance requirements, guardrail implementations, and local regulatory criteria.
• Mandatory Corporate Bilingual Linguistic Capabilities: Native-level or bilingual fluency in written and verbal **Japanese**, demonstrating the absolute capacity to communicate technical complexities clearly and respectfully (utilizing accurate **Keigo** mechanics) to traditional corporate clients; coupled with business-level **English** fluency to connect effectively with international product labs.
• Location Context and Workspace Flexibility: Position open exclusively to qualified engineers residing within or willing to work consistently on-site with enterprise customers in the **Nagoya/Chubu region, Japan**, under a high-autonomy localized hybrid layout.

Preferred Strategic Indicators (Nice to Have)

• Prior commercial forward-deployed engineering history operating within a high-growth AI software laboratory, cloud-native low-code developer space, enterprise SaaS powerhouse, or automated robotics/automotive technology hub.
• Direct hands-on experience orchestrating production deployments that interface alongside global automotive ecosystems, factory automation databases, or heavy industrial supply chain models.
• Familiarity with alternative cloud-native DevOps architectures, demonstrating introductory literacy using Docker container arrays, Kubernetes cluster nodes, or AWS/Azure machine learning products.
• An outcome-driven personal philosophy rooted in uncompromised execution standards, radical creativity derived from diverse perspectives, and an intense passion for architecting human-AI collaboration frameworks.

What We Offer

• Elite Japan Permanent Employment Security: A stable, high-value full-time permanent corporate contract (**正社員 - Shachain**) featuring a highly competitive baseline salary scale supplemented by attractive performance-aligned commercial incentives.
• The exceptional professional canvas to directly direct, shape, and engineer the foundational autonomous agent frameworks and agentic workflows power-routing digital transformations for some of Japan’s most recognizable enterprise brands (like Toyota).
• Profound work-life calibration parameters offering an elite hybrid remote setup across Nagoya, complete scheduling trust, and a dedicated **Flexi-Allowance** structure to optimize your professional environment.
• Immediate baseline eligibility to receive comprehensive full-tier **Japanese Social Insurance Coverages** (including Health Insurance, Employee’s Pension, Employment Insurance, and Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance).
• Access to robust skill acceleration and personal growth pathways, featuring generous paid annual leave allocations, continuous upskilling bootcamps on frontier AI models, and direct access to specialized corporate **Professional Development Funds** and Internal Mobility tracks.