AI Engineer - FDE (Full Remote - Generative AI)

One of the leading AI companies we work closely with is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to lead enterprise Generative AI implementation projects.
This is a Full Remote position from anywhere in Japan, with an annual salary of up to ¥15M.
Japanese Business Level Required
You will work directly with major enterprise customers and take end-to-end ownership of Generative AI projects — from technical proposals and requirements definition to architecture design, PoC, hands-on development, and production deployment.
The company develops proprietary Japanese-language LLMs and enterprise AI solutions combining LLMs, high-accuracy RAG, and AI agents. Its solutions have already been adopted by more than 300 companies, including major enterprises.
Job Responsibilities
・Understand customer business challenges and translate them into technical and system requirements
・Provide technical support and consulting for new customer proposals
・Assess technical feasibility, system constraints, development scope, and required resources
・Design architectures and develop technical roadmaps for Generative AI solutions
・Lead projects from PoC through production deployment from a technical perspective
・Develop solutions utilizing LLMs, RAG, AI agents, and related technologies
・Collaborate with consultants, backend engineers, data scientists, SREs, and other team members
・Participate hands-on in prototype development and implementation
・Apply technical knowledge gained through customer projects to product and platform improvements
Development Environment
TypeScript / Vue.js / Node.js / Python / Docker / Terraform / AWS / Azure
About the Company
The company is a Japan-based AI technology company with strong expertise in Generative AI and LLM technologies.
Rather than simply utilizing external AI models, the company has the technical capabilities to develop large-scale Japanese-language LLMs in-house and focuses on implementing AI solutions tailored to complex enterprise business environments.
Its solutions have already been implemented by more than 300 companies, including major enterprises, and the organization currently has approximately 150 employees.
In 2024, the company raised ¥4.5 billion in funding, bringing its total funding to approximately ¥8.8 billion.
Why Join This Role?
・Lead Generative AI projects beyond the PoC stage through production deployment
・Work directly on complex business challenges faced by major enterprise companies
・Take end-to-end responsibility from proposal and architecture design through implementation and operation
・Combine customer-facing technical consulting with hands-on engineering
・Work with advanced technologies including proprietary LLMs, high-accuracy RAG, and AI agents
・Apply knowledge gained through customer projects directly to product and platform evolution
・Work fully remotely from anywhere in Japan
Requirements
・System development experience at an SIer or in commissioned/custom development projects
・Practical experience in system design and implementation
・Ability to independently research, validate, and solve unfamiliar technical challenges
・Ability to understand architecture diagrams and system constraints and determine appropriate implementation approaches
・Experience communicating directly with customers and solving business challenges through technology
・Ability to handle both technical consulting and hands-on development
・Ability to communicate smoothly in business-level Japanese, including technical topics
・Currently residing in Japan
Compensation
Expected Annual Salary: ¥7.5M ~ ¥15M
Salary Review: Twice a year
Location
Tokyo / Full Remote Work Available Within Japan
Working Style
・Primarily full remote
・Work from anywhere within Japan regardless of region
・Flex-time system
・Core hours: 10:00 – 14:00
・Average monthly overtime: approximately 10 – 20 hours
Holidays & Leave
・123 annual holidays
・Five-day workweek (Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays off)
・Year-end and New Year holidays
・Paid annual leave
・Maternity leave
・Childcare leave
Benefits
・Full social insurance coverage
・Corporate defined contribution pension plan
・Up to ¥240,000 per year in financial support for professional development and AI-related activities
・Transportation expenses
・Regular health checkups
・Influenza vaccinations
・Company-provided PC
・Five-day onboarding program after joining

Work arrangement
Yes