Forward Deployed Engineer

About?Kanbrick Kanbrick?is a purpose-driven, long-term investment partnership built to empower people and organizations to reach their full potential. We partner with family- and founder-owned businesses that have strong moats and untapped potential, helping them grow through a hands-on focus on people, culture, and operating systems. We think in decades, not quarters?-?and as seasoned operators and true partners, we roll up our sleeves to build enduring companies, brick by brick. Role Overview Kanbrick?is building an AI and technology enablement capability across the firm and our partner companies. This role will work across two surfaces: internally, building the AI tooling, skills ecosystem, and automation infrastructure that makes the?Kanbrick?team more productive; and externally, embedding with partner company teams to map their highest-value workflows, deploy agent-driven automation, and coach them through adoption. What you build in the first year becomes the template for how AI operations?works?across the entire family of Kanbrick companies This role reports to the?VP of Technology and AI?and?is a member of the?Kanbrick?Business System (KBS) operating team. This role can be based in Nashville, TN or Charlotte, NC. Key Responsibilities Building &?Deploying Specialist Tools? Guide our company and team leaders through AI-Native tool development and help them ?go the final mile.??That?means:?embedding a tool directly into a partner company's day-to-day workflow?and supporting adoption, turning a promising prototype into a formal, structured, repeatable asset that scales across our companies?and serving as a technical partner to our team. You'll map data flows across business systems, connect existing platforms (CRMs, ERPs, financial tools) via MCP servers and APIs, deploy agents into production with clear human-in-the-loop interfaces, and manage them on an ongoing basis?-?tracking KPIs, running evals after model or data changes, and iterating on performance. AI Tooling & Skills Ecosystem? Make?our team more productive. Formalize and hone?Kanbrick's?Skills library, accelerate the?use of ?AI coworking tools?,?and build toward?a?full?KBS?plug-in suite?-?a set of tools every operator across our businesses reaches for by default. Own the build and curation of the internal AI-enabled projects, tools, and skills repository; turn ad hoc experiments into repeatable, version-controlled, distributable assets; and?maintain?a partner-facing skills library with documentation that lets teams browse, install, and use tools independently. Drive Enterprise Software Development? Beyond skills repositories and AI?enablement tooling,?a handful of?workflows?will?warrant?graduation into ?Enterprise-Level? software?-?durable, production-grade systems that scale across our team and select partner companies.?You'll?take end-to-end ownership of these builds: pressure-testing which problems justify enterprise investment, scoping?architecture?and data models, partnering with internal stakeholders and outside engineering resources where needed, and shepherding the system from prototype through deployment, adoption, and ongoing operation. Requirements What?We?re?Looking For?

• A?builder instinct and?a?bias toward action?and a passion for software engineering, emerging?technologies?and?AI-driven technical acceleration?

• Autonomous and self-directed; you build working versions before waiting for detailed specs?

• Hands-on experience in a technology or technology consulting environment, gained through internships or early career roles.??

• Hands-on experience building with modern AI tooling?-?LLMs, agents, prompt engineering, MCP servers, skills, and CLI-based workflows?-?in production or?experimental settings?

• Proficiency?in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or both, with comfort in Git, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and API integrations?

• Strong written and verbal communication skills?-?comfortable presenting to?leaders?and writing documentation in equal measure?

• Comfort with breadth over depth?-?this role spans workflow design, agent deployment, system integration, training, and documentation??

• Alignment with?Kanbrick?s?mission, values, and long-term builder mindset?

Benefits

• KBS is a?small team of?hands-on?operators. You work directly with people who have run businesses and built real things?on the ground floor of creating a new function.?

• 7?8 operating companies (and growing) across multiple industries to work in.?You'll?work across a wider range of business problems?than a traditional software engineering role.?

• A long-term platform, not a fund cycle.?Kanbrick?is built for?the long run, and this role is meant to grow with?the firm.?

• You?have a strong voice in?defining?how AI operations?work?across the portfolio.?You?ll?be a key part in the development of the?strategy, not?maintaining?someone else's stack.?

• Competitive salary and benefits.?

At?Kanbrick, you will work alongside leaders who are building enduring businesses in an environment that is collaborative, hands-on, and?mission-driven. You will be an integral part of defining how AI and technology accelerate value creation across the firm and our partner companies. If you are passionate about AI, thrive on solving real operational problems, and want to build something new from the ground up, we want to hear from you.