Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Associate

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Associate

GenAI Fund | Full-time, Paid Internship | Ho Chi Minh City preferred

Final-year students, fresh graduates, or candidates with 1–2 years of work experience | Path to a permanent role

Application deadline: 9 November 2026

ABOUT THE ROLE

GenAI Fund is looking for a hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Associate to build AI products and help deploy AI solutions with our enterprise partners.

This role is for someone who enjoys understanding a business problem, figuring out what to build, and getting a working solution into users hands.

You'll work across two areas:

• Building GenAI Fund's own AI products and internal tools from 0 to 1.

• Building and deploying AI solutions that address real enterprise needs.

You'll have significant ownership across the journey from problem to prototype, production, real users, and continuous improvement.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Build AI products and tools

Work closely with our team to identify opportunities, explore approaches, and ship practical solutions. Projects may include:

• AI agents and automated workflows.

• LLM-powered applications.

• Research, outreach, and business development automation.

• Internal tools that improve how our team operates.

• New AI products for our ecosystem of builders, startups, and enterprises.

Work directly on enterprise AI projects

• Understand business problems, existing workflows, and user needs.

• Translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Rapidly prototype, test, and improve AI applications.

• Connect solutions with enterprise data, APIs, and existing tools.

• Work directly with users and stakeholders to gather feedback.

• Help move successful prototypes into production.

• Monitor deployed applications and troubleshoot issues.

You should be comfortable both building a solution and explaining it to a nontechnical stakeholder.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You may be a final-year student, a fresh graduate, or someone with 1–2 years of work experience.

The strongest signal for us is simple: you've already built and deployed something that real people use. This could be a personal product, freelance project, startup, or work completed during an internship or full-time role.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has strong hands-on programming skills, particularly in Python and/or TypeScript/JavaScript.

• Has experience building and deploying AI applications beyond tutorials or simple demos.

• Understands APIs, backend systems, databases, and application deployment.

• Has worked with technologies such as LLM APIs, agents, RAG, tool calling, or workflow automation.

• Can combine existing tools, platforms, and custom code to deliver a practical solution quickly.

• Can understand an ambiguous problem, break it down, and move forward independently.

• Is resourceful in researching unfamiliar topics, troubleshooting problems, and learning new tools.

• Thinks about users, business outcomes, reliability, and operating costs.

• Communicates clearly, shares progress, and flags blockers early.

Strong communication in English and Vietnamese is important. Ho Chi Minh City-based candidates are preferred.

You'll work closely with our business team, with substantial responsibility for your technical execution. You should be comfortable making progress without detailed technical instructions.

WHY GENAI FUND

GenAI Fund is an AI ecosystem and venture-building platform focused on accelerating AI adoption across Asia.

We connect enterprises, governments, AI startups, builders, investors, and technology partners to turn business needs into practical solutions.

This gives you the opportunity to build products, work directly with enterprise users, and learn how AI solutions are developed, deployed, distributed, and commercialized.

WHAT YOU'LL GET

• Meaningful ownership: Take responsibility for real products and projects.

• Paid internship: Monthly compensation, with performance-based bonuses for exceptional contributions.

• Access to tools: AI models, coding tools, APIs, and cloud infrastructure to support your work.

• Real deployment experience: Build for actual users and enterprise needs.

• Ecosystem exposure: Work with founders, builders, enterprises, and technology partners.

• Long-term potential: High-performing associates will be considered for a permanent role.

HOW TO APPLY

Email [Confidential Information] by 9 November 2026 with:

• Your CV and/or LinkedIn profile.

• Your GitHub and/or portfolio.

• One AI application you're proud of building, including what it does, what you personally built, who uses it, and a live link or demo if available.

We care most about what you've built, how you solve problems, and your ability to deliver something useful.