Forward Deployed Engineer

DeepIP; Paris; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DeepIP in Paris is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to bring the DeepIP platform into leading IP organizations across Europe and the US. You will scope problems on site, build solutions, ship them, and feed insights back to Product.

Based in Paris or Munich, you’ll travel regularly to client sites and report to Head of Success & Solutions. You will work closely with clients to understand their needs, implement integrations, and ensure successful outcomes while expanding DeepIP’s footprint in

Qualifications

• IP background or patent engineering preferred.
• Engineering degree from an engineering school or equivalent.
• Interest in LLMs and AI and deploying them inside IP firms.
• Ability to speak with a client’s IT team: APIs, data and security basics.
• Fluent in English; French and/or German are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deploying the DeepIP platform at law firms, IP firms and corporate IP teams, from scoping to go-live.
• Building AI automation: LLM-based solutions, prompt engineering, evaluation and quality monitoring on real client data.
• Integrating DeepIP into client environments through APIs, connectors, authentication and secure data flows.
• Advising clients on where AI creates real operational leverage, and how to measure it.
• Turning field learnings into precise inputs for Product and Engineering.
• Turning each engagement into reusable components and playbooks.

Skills

IP knowledge

Client-facing

Python

Project management

LLM / AI

English fluency

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

APIs

Job description

About Us

DeepIP is helping patent agents and attorneys streamline the process of drafting patent applications. This product leverages the latest advances in AI-like foundation models-to accelerate the fundamental steps involved in building these applications. In 2026, we have experienced tremendous growth, and we're looking for passionate, driven individuals to help us accelerate further and reach new heights.

We are a team of collaborative hustlers, ambitious learners, and ownership champions. If you're excited about a fast-paced, flexible environment where growth is celebrated and every day brings new possibilities, join us on this exciting journey.

As we build DeepIP, we are looking for passionate, driven individuals to join us in Paris.

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you take the DeepIP platform and make it work inside the most demanding IP organizations in Europe and the US: top law firms, IP boutiques and corporate IP departments. You scope the problem on site, build the solution, ship it, and bring what you learned back to the product.

You are based in Paris or Munich and report to the Head of Success & Solutions. You travel regularly to client sites.

What you'll own

• Deploying the DeepIP platform at law firms, IP firms and corporate IP teams, from scoping to go-live
• Building AI automation: LLM-based solutions, prompt engineering, evaluation and quality monitoring on real client data
• Integrating DeepIP into client environments through APIs, connectors, authentication and secure data flows
• Advising clients on where AI creates real operational leverage, and how to measure it
• Turning field learnings into precise inputs for Product and Engineering
• Turning each engagement into reusable components and playbooks

About you

• An IP background: you are a patent engineer or have a similar IP profile, ideally on the software or ML side. Junior is enough
• From school-leaver to 3 years of experience, with an engineering school or equivalent
• Excited about LLMs and AI, and you want to deploy them inside IP firms
• Technical enough to speak with a client’s IT team: APIs, data and security basics
• Drive: you take the lead, set the pace of a project and keep clients moving toward the next milestone
• Client-facing by instinct: you structure ambiguity quickly and are credible in front of senior legal and IP professionals
• An operator mindset: you own outcomes, simplify and ship. You are curious, humble and you learn fast
• Fluent in English, with French and/or German as an additional language

Nice to have

• Consulting or client-facing experience
• Project management experience
• Hands-on LLM or AI projects, and Python

Why join us?

• State-of-the-art AI, applied to a real industry: the latest models on high-stakes documents, not toy problems
• Real ownership: one of the first people in a new function, helping define how DeepIP deploys
• A direct line to Product and Engineering: your field insights change what we build
• A fast learning curve: AI agents, enterprise integrations and the IP industry, with senior mentoring from the founders and product leadership
• A strong team: we help each other with candor and take ownership

Recruitment Process

1. Screening Call - A 30-minute conversation to get to know you and your motivations.
2. Focus Interview - Meet team members to assess fit, skills, and alignment with our mission.
3. Business Case - A role-relevant task to showcase your capabilities and approach to problem-solving.
4. Founder Interview - Final chat with one of our co-founders to align on vision and long-term fit.

DeepIP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, colour, religion, national origin, protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.