Forward Deployed AI Engineer (FDE)

flyboard; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site in Barcelona

Permanent contract in Spain

Direct exposure to founders

Budget for AI development and tools

Job summary

Flyboard.ai is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our Delivery and Core Platform teams in Barcelona. You will write production Python code, integrate with customer systems, and optimize AI voice agent deployments across high-volume workflows.

The role requires 2–5 years of backend experience, strong Python, API integration, and clear communication with customers. This on-site position offers ownership from day one and the chance to help shape platform capabilities with the founding

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of relevant experience (we value ownership and technical ability)
• Strong Python and backend engineering skills
• Experience building, deploying, and operating production software
• Experience with APIs, webhooks, integrations, databases, and cloud infrastructure
• Ability to translate customer requirements into clear technical implementations
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts clearly

Responsibilities

• Technical Delivery: implement technical components from definition to production launch
• Customer Collaboration: work with customer tech teams to understand systems and coordinate integrations
• Production Engineering: write clean, maintainable Python code for customer implementations
• API & Integration Development: build and maintain API-based integrations, webhooks, and databases
• AI Agent Implementation: configure and improve AI voice agents and workflows
• Platform Contribution: translate recurring needs into scalable product capabilities
• Deployment Reliability: test, monitor, and troubleshoot deployments in production
• Cross-functional Collaboration: act as the technical link between Delivery, Platform, and customers
• Technical Documentation: document integrations and decisions for future deployments

Skills

Python

Backend engineering

APIs & webhooks

Cloud infrastructure

English & Spanish

Tools

Codex

Cursor

Claude Code

Job description

We Make Voice AI Work. We ship production-ready agents that automate real sales and operations.

Flyboard.ai builds and operates custom AI voice agents that automate high-volume, repeatable workflows across commercial and operational processes. Our customers include fast-moving SMEs, corporates, and mid-market leaders across Europe and LatAm. We are execution-obsessed, customer-ROI-driven, and deeply committed to operational excellence.

As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer, you will work at the intersection of our customers, Delivery team, and Core Platform engineering team.

Your mission is to ensure the technical success of our customer deployments: understanding technical requirements, building production integrations, configuring and improving AI agents, and translating recurring customer needs into platform improvements.

The Delivery team will lead the overall customer engagement, while you will own the technical execution. You will write production Python code, work directly with customer technical teams, and contribute to the platform that powers all our AI voice agents.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who combines strong technical ability with clear communication, structured thinking, and genuine interest in working with people. You will report directly to the Technical Co-Founder.

What You Will Do

• Technical Delivery: Implement the technical components of customer deployments, from initial technical definition through production launch and stabilization.
• Customer Collaboration: Work directly with technical stakeholders on the customer side to understand their systems, clarify requirements, explain technical trade-offs, and coordinate integrations.
• Production Engineering: Write clean, maintainable Python code for customer implementations and reusable platform capabilities.
• API & Integration Development: Build and maintain integrations using APIs, webhooks, databases, and external business systems.
• AI Agent Implementation: Configure and improve AI voice agents, including their workflows, tools, prompts, integrations, and operational behavior.
• Platform Contribution: Identify recurring requirements across customer deployments and work with the Core Platform team to turn them into scalable product capabilities.
• Deployment Reliability: Test, monitor, troubleshoot, and improve customer deployments to ensure they are stable and reliable in production.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Act as the technical link between Delivery, Platform Engineering, and customer technical teams, ensuring information and technical decisions flow clearly between them.
• Technical Documentation: Document integrations, implementation decisions, and reusable technical patterns to improve future deployments.

We are looking for a strong engineer who enjoys both building systems and working with people.

You will thrive in this role if you are comfortable moving between writing production code, investigating technical problems, discussing requirements with customers, and collaborating with internal teams.

What you need

• Typically 2–5 years of relevant experience, although we care more about demonstrated ownership and technical ability than time in role.
• Strong Python and backend engineering skills.
• Experience building, deploying, and operating production software.
• Experience working with APIs, webhooks, integrations, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
• The ability to understand customer requirements and translate them into clear technical implementations.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical concepts, limitations, and trade-offs to different audiences.
• A structured and methodical approach to debugging and solving technical problems.
• Comfort working across multiple projects and collaborating with engineering, delivery, and customer teams.
• Professional proficiency in both English and Spanish.
• Practical experience using AI coding tools such as Codex, Cursor, or Claude Code.

Nice to have

• Previous experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Implementation Engineer, technology consultant, or in another customer-facing engineering role.
• Experience with voice AI, conversational agents, real-time audio, or telephony systems.
• Experience integrating LLM, speech-to-text, or text-to-speech providers.
• Experience designing prompts, tools, workflows, and evaluation processes for AI agents.
• AWS and CI/CD experience.
• Strong product judgment and the ability to distinguish between a customer-specific requirement and a reusable product capability.

Why This Role Matters

Customer deployments are where Flyboard’s technology becomes real business value.

Your work will directly determine how effectively our agents integrate with customer systems, how reliably they operate in production, and how quickly we can launch increasingly complex use cases.

Because you will work across customers, Delivery, and Platform Engineering, you will also have a unique perspective on how the product should evolve. You will help us turn successful customer implementations into repeatable, scalable platform capabilities.

What We Offer

• A steep learning curve with direct exposure to the founders and the initial team of a startup.
• Real ownership from day one, with impact visible immediately in customer outcomes.
• The opportunity to combine deep technical work with meaningful customer interaction.
• Technical ownership with influence over both customer implementations and the core product.
• Work on technically demanding problems involving production AI, real-time systems, and external integrations.
• A generous budget for AI development and coding tools.
• A dynamic, execution-driven environment with rapid iteration cycles.
• A primarily on-site role in Barcelona, with flexibility to work from home occasionally when needed.
• A permanent, full-time employment contract in Spain.