Software Engineer V, Forward Deployed

This senior-level role serves as a strategic technical leader and organizational bridge between X-energy’s APEX platform development team and high-impact stakeholders across the company. The Forward Deployed Software Engineer V drives enterprise-wide adoption, effectiveness, and innovation of the APEX platform through advanced stakeholder engagement, technical leadership, and cross-functional alignment. This role requires deep expertise in agentic AI workflows and the ability to guide teams in designing, deploying, and scaling AI-native solutions across engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, and operational domains. In addition to enabling the organization, the Level V engineer contributes directly to complex product-engineering initiatives, ensuring that platform capabilities address high-risk, mission-critical challenges. This position is instrumental in advancing X-energy’s mission to become an AI-first organization and shaping industry-leading standards for nuclear deployment speed, safety, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of organization-wide training strategies and frameworks for APEX platform capabilities and agentic AI workflows.
• Conduct advanced training sessions tailored for executive sponsors, senior engineers, and functional leaders.
• Establish and oversee a scalable operating model for office hours, support channels, and technical advisory services.
• Deliver high-visibility presentations, demos, and roadshow sessions highlighting emerging features and strategic use cases.
• Provide editorial and technical oversight for APEX blogs, videos, and technical content produced by junior team members.
• Partner with the training organization to define long-term curriculum structure, certification pathways, and learning standards.
• Lead planning and execution of APEX workshops, summits, and external-facing events.
• Oversee intake, triage, and prioritization of complex stakeholder feedback; ensure insight integration into product planning.
• Govern the APEX roadmap voting system to ensure alignment with organizational strategic priorities.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex support cases requiring deep technical investigation.
• Identify systemic adoption gaps and develop strategic enablement plans to resolve them at scale.
• Cultivate long-term relationships with senior stakeholders across engineering, manufacturing, regulatory, operations, and business units.
• Act as a senior voice of the customer, shaping long-term product direction and architecture based on enterprise needs.
• Architect and implement advanced agentic AI workflows that address multi-department, highly complex challenges.
• Lead development of robust front-end solutions using React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Vite, ensuring high reliability and scalability.
• Architect backend services using AWS technologies (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB, etc.) to support mission-critical AI-powered applications.
• Drive creation of high-quality proof-of-concepts and technical prototypes; mentor others on effective prototyping approaches.
• Collaborate with the AI and Application Development leadership team to influence feature prioritization, technical roadmaps, and platform strategy.
• Lead user acceptance testing cycles and ensure readiness for deployment across high-stakes workflows.
• Establish and maintain structured feedback loops between users, engineering, and product stakeholders.
• Guide integration architecture connecting APEX to enterprise systems (Workday, Deltek, P6, etc.).
• Provide senior-level input during code reviews; promote best practices and technical excellence.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and coach others in using them effectively.
• Document and standardize complex technical patterns, integrations, and reference architectures for enterprise adoption.
• Maintain professional demeanor and behavior at all times in all forms of communication.
• Perform other duties as assigned by manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution.
• 15+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced expertise in agentic AI workflows, LLM applications, and enterprise-scale AI solutioning.
• Extensive experience developing with React, TypeScript, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Strong proficiency with AWS services and cloud-native architectures supporting high-availability systems.
• Deep experience with GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, and modern engineering workflows.
• Experience in nuclear energy, advanced manufacturing, or highly regulated technical fields.
• Background in technical training, developer advocacy, or enterprise technical enablement.
• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, AWS Bedrock, or other advanced AI frameworks.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
• Experience building internal platforms or tools supporting engineering organizations.
• Knowledge of ERP, PLM, and project management system integrations.
• Background in product management, UX research, or platform strategy.

Schedule

• 3 days in office per week.
• Up to 5% travel.
• Standard office hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET, Monday – Friday.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $195,000 – $220,000. Offers within the posted salary range are commensurate with the individual’s qualifications for the position, along with a view on internal equity, market data, and room for growth.

Benefits

• 401K plan with employer match.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development policy.

Location: 9801 Washingtonian Blvd, Gaithersburg, MD