Understand the business reality
Start by understanding how the business actually operates, not just the stated requirement.
Build it.Defend it.GET HIRED.
Lyzr is looking for Forward Deployed Engineers who can turn messy, real-world problems into production AI systems.
September 26, 2026BengaluruIn-person hiring dayApplications close September 9, 2026
Venue partnerHosted at WeWork Embassy Quest, Magrath Road
Defend your thinking. Impress the room. Leave with an offer.
The teams you’ll deploy alongside. Enterprises already building on Lyzr
Hear from our founder: What is Lyzr?
Who is a Forward Deployed Engineer?
The Forward Deployed Engineer role combines building, deploying, and owning AI systems. It spans software, platforms, and solutions. It exists to make AI work beyond demos.
What an FDE work cycle looks like at Lyzr?
Define the right problem
Translate business pain into a clear, solvable problem worth using AI for.
Design the AI approach
Decide what AI should do, what data it will use, and how success will be measured.
Build within real constraints
Develop solutions that fit existing data, systems, security and infrastructure.
Deploy into production
Ship working AI into live environments where real users depend on it.
Own outcomes and improve
Monitor performance, fix failures, and continuously improve based on real usage.
Build production AI - not another prototype.
Lyzr engineers ship agentic systems that run in customer environments, not demos that stop at the pitch deck.
Work on meaningful problems
Own the complete journey
Build with modern AI infrastructure
Learn close to the customer
Grow with a fast-moving team
Featured on stage
Google I/O 2025
Named an Agent2Agent Launch Partner
AWS Summit NYC
Building Live at AWS Summit
IBM Think 2025
Added to watsonx Orchestrate Catalog
Recognized by
Top 100 AI Startup
$100M
Fundraise
$500M
Valuation
Investor Market Coverage
Tech Innovator in Agentic AI
AI Agent Platform for HR & BFSI
Top AI Agent Orchestration Platform
Top AI Agent Builder Software
Gen AI Innovator 2025
Raised With No Roadshow
Think you belong in the room?
Applications take under two minutes.
Meet the people building Lyzr.
You will meet these leaders on the day of the drive and pitch your build directly to them.
Your technical interview panel.
Sneha N
AI Delivery Manager
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Barathan Devaraj
AI Delivery Manager
LinkedIn
Pranay Chaturvedi
Technical Project Manager
LinkedIn
Vaseem Kolyari
AI Project Manager
LinkedIn
Shorya Kashyap
Solution Architect
LinkedIn
Utsab
Full-Stack Engineer
Shobhit
Full-Stack Engineer
LinkedIn
Subrahmanya S Hegade
Full-Stack Engineer
LinkedInShow us how you think, build and communicate.
Apply
Submit your résumé, GitHub profile, LinkedIn profile and basic professional information.
Complete the technical screen
Take a time-bound HackerRank assessment designed to evaluate technical fundamentals and problem-solving.
Build and explain
Qualified applicants receive a practical problem statement. Candidates submit:
- A working build
- Code or repository link
- Short walkthrough video
- Architecture and infrastructure decisions
- Technical trade-offs and limitations
Join the hiring day
The strongest candidates are invited to Bengaluru for structured pod interviews with Lyzr’s engineering team.
Present and defend
Selected finalists present their solution during a Shark Tank-style live showcase before a senior judging panel.
Walk out with an offer
Finalists are calibrated the same day and successful candidates receive their offer on the spot.
What building Applied AI at Lyzr feels like.
At Lyzr, I don’t work on isolated tickets. I understand the customer’s problem, design the solution and help take it into production.
Shubham Sharma
Senior Applied AI Engineer, Lyzr
Every project brings a new industry, technical constraint or architecture decision. The learning curve is intense, but so is the growth.
Shorya
Senior Solution Architect, Lyzr
You can see the direct relationship between what you build and the outcome it creates for the customer.
Pranav Dherange
Forward Deployed Engineer, Lyzr
One day in Bengaluru, end to end.
Application deadline
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Date
Saturday, September 26, 2026
Location
Bengaluru
Venue
WeWork Embassy Quest, Magrath Road
The day’s format
- Candidate briefing
- Structured FDE pod interviews
- Technical and product sessions
- Interaction with Lyzr leaders
- Networking with the Applied AI team
- Live finalist showcase
- Final calibration and next steps
Confirmed candidates will receive their personal reporting time and detailed itinerary before the event.
An in-person hiring day, hosted at WeWork Embassy Quest.
Venue partner
Address
WeWork Embassy Quest, ITI, HD-021, Magrath Rd, Ashok Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025Format
In-person hiring day · Saturday, September 26, 2026
WeWork India is our venue partner for the day. Exact floor, reporting time and entry instructions are shared with confirmed candidates before the event.
Bengaluru, September 26, 2026.
Apply now to be considered for an invitation.
Everything you need to know.
An in-person hiring experience for Forward Deployed Engineer roles.
- Combines technical screening, a practical build, structured interviews and a live finalist showcase.
- Event date: Saturday, September 26, 2026.
- Location: Bengaluru.
FDEs turn complex business requirements into production-ready AI systems.
- Work closely with customers, product teams and engineers.
- Understand problems, design agentic architectures and build applications.
- Integrate systems and help deploy solutions in real environments.
Full-time roles for strong builders from a range of engineering backgrounds.
- Applied AI, backend, full-stack, solutions, cloud or product-engineering backgrounds.
- Previous FDE experience is not required.
- Strong technical ability, practical projects, sound judgment and clear communication matter most.
- This is a full-time hiring drive, not an internship.
A multi-step evaluation ending with an in-person day in Bengaluru.
- Submit your application.
- Complete the HackerRank assessment.
- Submit a working build and walkthrough video.
- Undergo internal evaluation.
- Receive an invitation to the Bengaluru event.
- Participate in structured pod interviews.
- Selected finalists present during the live showcase.
- Receive an offer or clearly defined next step.
All submissions are reviewed with a standardized rubric.
- Problem understanding
- Technical correctness
- System architecture
- Working implementation
- Production readiness
- Decision-making and trade-offs
- Communication and customer orientation
- Ownership and learning ability
No. Completion does not guarantee an interview.
- Invitations are based on submission quality and relative performance.
- Available interview slots also affect selection.
Bengaluru, September 26, 2026.
- Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026.
- Location: Bengaluru.
- Venue: Shared with confirmed attendees.
Selected candidates will receive reporting time, venue details and itinerary before the event.
Candidates should currently plan to arrange their own travel and stay.
- This applies unless your official invitation states otherwise.
- Wait for an official invitation before booking non-refundable travel.
No. The interview day is fully in-person in Bengaluru.
- All interviews, the pod rounds and the finalist showcase happen on-site.
- Remote or virtual interviews are not available for the drive day.
- Plan to attend in Bengaluru on Saturday, September 26, 2026 if you are invited.
Offers or next steps follow final calibration.
- Finalists may receive an offer or clearly defined next step.
- Other promising candidates may be invited to online Round 2 or overflow interviews.
- Follow-up communication is expected within one or two working days.
Ready to build what comes next?
If you can turn an ambiguous problem into a working AI system and explain every choice along the way: we want to meet you.
September 26, 2026BengaluruApplications close September 9, 2026
Submitting an application enters you into Lyzr’s FDE hiring pipeline. Event invitations are issued after technical and build evaluation.