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AI Forward Deployed Engineering: Fundamentals & System Design by Dr. Sagar Khatri
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Fundamentals & system design

AI Forward Deployed Engineering

Build AI systems that work beyond the prototype.

A practical guide to designing, deploying, and operating production-ready AI systems — agents, RAG, MCP, A2A, and the full system-design lifecycle.

AI agentsRAGMCPA2AMulti-agent systemsTool callingMemoryGuardrails

Apply these concepts through 5 scenario-based system designs, including:

  • 01Enterprise RAG & Knowledge Assistant
  • 02Intelligent Invoice Automation Agent
  • 03Agentic Commerce & Product Discovery
  • 04Customer Service & Case Resolution Agent
  • 05AI Sales & Customer Onboarding Agent

Designed for AI engineers, forward-deployed engineers, software engineers, and system architects building real-world agentic AI systems.

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Dr. SK

SR. AI FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER

10+

YEARS

Tech +

Leadership

SK-AI-2026
About Sagar Khatri

Sr. AI Forward Deployed Engineer

7+ years in Software Engineering & Agentic AI

Fortune Global 50 AI Forward-Deployed Engineer building production-ready AI agents, multi-agent workflows, RAG pipelines, MCP-enabled integrations, and full-stack AI applications that solve complex enterprise business flows. USAII Certified AI Scientist focused on connecting AI with real systems and delivering measurable business value.

Strategic LeaderStrategic leader with a Doctorate in Business Administration, specializing in Information Systems and Enterprise Resource Management — with earlier leadership roles supervising 100+ schools in Nepal's education sector. Also an Author of practical AI and mental wellness books, and a Mental Health Advocate (MHFA-Certified), bringing clarity, resilience, and a human-centered perspective to high-performance teams.

Live projects
Sr. AI EngineerAI-Native Software EngineerStrategic LeaderUSAII Certified AI ScientistMental Health Advocate (MHFA-Certified)
FDE toolkit

Tech stack for field delivery

Organized the way Forward Deployed Engineers ship: Azure and GCP for enterprise clouds, Grok / xAI for frontier reasoning, and open source so agents stay portable.

7+

years

Software Engineering & Agentic AI

Core stack

PythonFastAPIReactTypeScriptNext.js

Models

ClaudeGeminiGPTGrok

Enterprise cloud

Azure

Ship governed agents on Microsoft cloud — retrieval, identity, containers, and ops.

Azure OpenAIAzure AI FoundryAzure AI SearchContainer AppsAKSFunctionsCosmos DBKey VaultEntra IDAzure DevOpsMonitor / App Insights

Vertex & ADK

GCP

Vertex-native agents and RAG for regulated workloads — search, Cloud Run, and controls.

Vertex AIGoogle ADKCloud RunVertex AI SearchVector SearchModel ArmorDocument AIBigQueryCloud TraceIAM / VPC-SC

Frontier delivery

Grok · xAI

xAI platform for tool-using agents, fast product loops, and field demos.

Grok APIxAI platformFunction callingStreaming chatTool useRealtime reasoning

Portable runtime

Open source

Vendor-neutral agent stacks so delivery is not locked to one cloud or model provider.

LangGraphLangChainMCPPostgresRedisDockerKubernetesStreamlit
Source code

GitHub

Open repositories mapped to the same FDE stack — GCP RAG, LangGraph runtimes, MCP tools, and learning platforms.

Production builds

Live Projects

Production experiences across AI career navigation, investor data, and family learning — each with a direct link to explore.

Blueprints, Streamlit apps, and interface concepts live in Resources.

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Roles

Experience

Current role first, then the path from teaching and public service to production AI engineering.

Sr. AI Engineer

Present

Global Leading AI Software Company

USA · On-site

Oct 2026 – Present
  1. May 2019 – Oct 2026

    Software Engineer

    Fortune Top 25, Fortune Global 50 Company

    USA · On-site

  2. Jan 2024 – Oct 2026

    Founder & Principal AI Engineer

    SK Creation · Self-employed-Personal Project

    United States · Remote

  3. Feb 2016 – Jan 2019

    IT Support Specialist

    Experimax · Full-time

    USA · On-site

  4. May 2011 – Jun 2014

    Section Officer

    Government of Nepal

    Nepal

  5. Jul 2009 – May 2014

    Lead Trainer | Motivational Speaker

    Self-employed

    Nepal

  6. Mar 2012 – Sep 2013

    Guest Lecturer

    Gyan Deep College

    Nepal

  7. Aug 2008 – Mar 2011

    Mathematics Teacher

    Janata Higher Secondary School

    Nepal

Degrees

Education

Mathematics, management, computer science, and a doctorate in information systems.

Doctorate

DBA - Information Systems & Enterprise Resource Management

California Intercontinental University

Master's

Master's in Management

Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Bachelor's

Bachelor's in Mathematics

Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Associate

Associate of Science in Computer Science

Houston Community College, Houston, TX

Credentials

Certifications

AI science, cloud architecture, security, and mental-health first aid.

Certified AI Scientist

Featured

Certified Mental Health First Aider

Google Cloud Architect

Azure Developer

Azure DevOps Engineer

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA CySA+

CompTIA Security Analyst Professional

Learn.Adapt.Lead.

Nobody is perfect — but growth begins when we stay curious, open-minded, and ready to learn, apply, and lead.