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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

AI FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER

10+

YEARS

Tech +

Leadership

SK-AI-2026
About Sagar Khatri

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
AI Forward Deployed 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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Professional background

Experience & education

Experience

  1. 💻
    Software Engineer
    Fortune Top 25, Fortune Global 50 Company · Full-time
    USA · On-site
    May 2019 – Present
  2. 🚀
    Founder & CEO
    SK Creation · Self-employed
    United States · Remote
    Apr 2023 – Present
  3. 🛠️
    IT Support Specialist
    Experimax · Full-time
    USA · On-site
    Jan 2016 – Apr 2019
  4. 🏛️
    Section Officer
    Government of Nepal
    Nepal
    May 2011 – Jun 2014
  5. 🎤
    Lead Trainer | Motivational Speaker
    Self-employed
    Nepal
    Jul 2009 – May 2014
  6. 📖
    Guest Lecturer
    Gyan Deep College
    Nepal
    Mar 2012 – Sep 2013
  7. 📐
    Mathematics Teacher
    Janata Higher Secondary School
    Nepal
    Aug 2008 – Mar 2011

Education

🎓
DBA - Information Systems & Enterprise Resource Management
California Intercontinental University
Doctorate in Business Administration
📜
Master's in Management
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Master's Degree
📐
Bachelor's in Mathematics
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Bachelor's Degree
💡
Associate of Science in Computer Science
Houston Community College, Houston, TX
Associate Degree

Certifications

Certified Mental Health First Aider
Google Cloud Architect
Azure Developer
Azure DevOps Engineer
CompTIA Security+
CompTIA CySA+
CompTIA Security Analyst Professional
Certified AI Scientist

Learn.Adapt.Lead.

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