Software engineer jobs in Indianapolis, IN

About the role

Lyra Tech Group is looking for a Forward Deployed AI Engineer for one of our operating companies. As an FDE, you will work directly inside our clients' businesses — rolling up your sleeves to design, build, and deploy AI-powered solutions that create real operational impact. This is a hands-on, client-facing engineering role built for someone who is as comfortable presenting to a business owner as they are writing Python.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field
• 2+ years of professional experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, or a technical consulting role
• Working proficiency in Python and familiarity with REST APIs and cloud services
• Hands-on experience building with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar)
• Understanding of prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and agentic workflow patterns
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous, fast-moving client environments
• Strong communication skills — you can explain a vector database to a CFO without losing them
• You must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the operating company and be willing to travel to client sites as needed.
• Experience with workflow automation platforms (Zapier, Make, n8n, or similar)
• Familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma) and embedding pipelines
• Exposure to low-code/no-code tools alongside custom-code solutions
• Prior client-facing, consulting, or forward-deployed engineering experience

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