GenAI product engineering
Turn a high-value workflow into a working Intelligent Machine System with the right model, memory, tools, interface, and evaluation loop.
Forward Deployed Engineering
From Strategy to Systems
Senior AI engineering that turns complex needs into working systems.
What I deliver
From uncertain use case to operating system
Direct senior engineering for environments where a slide deck is not enough and the system must work with real people, data, tools, and constraints.
Multi-agent orchestration
Design coordinated agents with explicit roles, handoffs, shared context, escalation paths, and Human approval points.
Enterprise integration
Connect AI workflows to existing data, APIs, documents, browsers, desktop tools, and operational systems without forcing a platform rewrite.
Governed execution
Add authorization, observability, evidence, and verification around model actions so autonomy remains bounded and reviewable.
Evaluation and reliability
Build scenario tests, quality gates, failure analysis, and measurable acceptance criteria before an AI workflow reaches production.
Deployment and enablement
Ship into cloud, hybrid, local, or constrained environments, then transfer operating knowledge to the people who will own the system.
Engagements
Clear ways to start
Transparent USD pricing for direct access to a principal-level Forward Deployed Engineer.
Technical advisory
$250per hour
2-hour minimum
Focused architecture, design review, technical due diligence, or troubleshooting.
- Live working session
- Written recommendations
- Clear next-step priorities
Deployment sprint
$18,000starting at
Two weeks
A concentrated engagement to prove, integrate, or harden one high-value AI workflow.
- Scoped discovery
- Working implementation
- Evaluation and handoff
Embedded FDE
$32,000starting per month
Up to 80 hours
Senior engineering embedded with your crew for sustained delivery and adoption.
- Weekly delivery cadence
- Architecture and implementation
- Stakeholder and crew enablement
Final scope and price are confirmed in writing before work begins. Travel, cloud usage, software licenses, and specialized compliance work are quoted separately.
AI engagement brief
Scope your deployment challenge
Describe the real operating environment and receive a tailored starting brief for a Forward Deployed Engineer engagement.
Your tailored brief will appear here
The AI will recommend a starting engagement, phases, deliverables, validation, and the applicable published pricing basis.
Verified work
Public evidence, explicit claim boundaries
Five project case studies connect technical decisions to source material that can be inspected directly.
15+ years of defense contractor experience
U.S. Marine Corps aviation operations veteran
PMP and Certified ScrumMaster credentials
AI architecture and Azure AI delivery experience
Labor market intelligence
KAR
A full-stack labor market intelligence application that connects public economic data with model-assisted analysis.
Open-source intelligence
Third Eye
A self-hostable geospatial intelligence interface that brings multiple public data feeds into one analyst workspace.
Local-first coding agent
Godcoder
A native desktop coding agent with a Rust core, local control, extensible tools, and optional graph-aware retrieval.
AI research automation
ResearchSwarm
An extension of karpathy/autoresearch that adds task routing, bounded execution, and persistent operational memory.
Capability taxonomy
Cognitive Core Skills
A machine-readable taxonomy for reasoning, memory, planning, action, verification, learning, and governance capabilities.
Services FAQ
What to expect before work begins
Straight answers on pricing, timelines, deliverables, and the path from first conversation to deployment.
Start with the hardest constraint
Bring the workflow that cannot stay a demo.
Share the operating problem, current systems, users, constraints, and target outcome. ELI Labz will identify the smallest credible path to a deployed result.
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