Forward-Deployed AI Engineer — Remote/Hybrid

Smalk AI; Paris, Bordeaux; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent contract (CDI)

€45k to €55k gross per year

Paris (Station F), Bordeaux, hybrid or

full remote

Direct access to CTO and strong client

Close collaboration with major clients

AI-native company at the front of AI

Job summary

Smalk AI is hiring a full-time specialist to elevate our in-house AI agents and bring that know-how to clients. If you’ve built a custom GPT, a Claude skill, or an MCP server, this is the job. In year one you’ll learn workflows, ship skills, and own internal AI end-to-end.

From month six you’ll deploy MCP integrations for clients and improve agent prompts and coverage. Based in Paris or Bordeaux (hybrid or full remote), you’ll work with the CTO and Product Manager on the frontier of Generative

Qualifications

• Built a GPT, a Claude skill, MCP server, or an agent that others used
• Made an LLM reliable and able to explain how
• Wrote Python to call APIs and handle JSON
• Explained AI concepts to non-experts
• Broke things and fixed them

Responsibilities

• Develop reusable Claude and OpenAI skills, slash commands, and prompt workflows for every team
• Create MCP servers and integrations (Notion, Slack, Google Workspace, Linear, CRM) so agents work with real data
• Maintain and improve the ~40 in-house agents, prompts, coverage and robustness
• Deploy Smalk’s MCP into client tools and workflows
• Support platform agents with prompts, knowledge, evaluation and edge cases
• Feed field learnings back to product and tech

Skills

Fluent French

Working English

Python

Django

DRF

PostgreSQL

Redis

Celery

Notion

Slack

Google Workspace

Linear

Education

BTS / Coding bootcamp / Engineering school / Self-taught

Job description

Smalk AI is hiring a full-time specialist to elevate our in-house AI agents and bring that know-how to clients. If you’ve built a custom GPT, a Claude skill, or an MCP server, this is the job. In year one you’ll learn workflows, ship skills, and own internal AI end-to-end.

From month six you’ll deploy MCP integrations for clients and improve agent prompts and coverage. Based in Paris or Bordeaux (hybrid or full remote), you’ll work with the CTO and Product Manager on the frontier of Generative