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AI Forward Deployed Engineer

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Mon, Aug 3, 2026

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AI Engineering Buildcamp: From RAG to Agents
Alexey Grigorev
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What you'll learn

Bridge the AI Deployment Gap

Learn how to translate messy business problems into clear technical requirements for live customer systems.

Build Integrated Production Pipelines

Master connecting AI models directly to custom enterprise databases, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.

Turn Field Feedback Into Core Features

Learn to spot recurring client bugs and funnel them directly back into improving the main software product.

Why this topic matters

Forward-deployed AI jobs are growing at twice the rate of the general market. Companies are desperate to close the gap between working prototypes and real production systems. Mastering this role combines client-facing problem solving with hands-on software engineering. You will gain a massive career edge by becoming the crucial engineer who actually makes enterprise AI work in the real world.

You'll learn from

Alexey Grigorev

Principal Data Scientist | Book Author | Instructor to 100k+ Students World-Wide

Founder of DataTalks.Club · Creator of the Zoomcamp Series · ML Engineer & Author


Alexey Grigorev is the founder of DataTalks.Club and the creator of the popular Zoomcamp series. With 15 years of experience in software engineering and over 12 years in machine learning, he has built and deployed large-scale ML systems at companies like OLX Group and Simplaex.


An advocate for practical, hands-on education, Alexey has taught over 100,000 students, focusing on a code-first approach to help learners build real-world skills.


In the past, he was an active participant in data science competitions. A Kaggle Master, Alexey has achieved top rankings in several challenges, including 1st place in the NIPS'17 Criteo Challenge and 2nd place in the WSDM Cup 2017: Vandalism Detection.


He is also the author of several technical books, including the widely read Machine Learning Bookcamp.

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