Agentic AI Solutions Engineer - Client-Facing, Hybrid

Hedgehog Lab; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hedgehog Lab is seeking an Agentic Solutions Engineer to lead the earliest, most open stage of client engagements. You’ll be the first engineer on a new project, defining architecture and technology choices with direct client input.

This role blends hands-on delivery with shaping engineering practices across teams, in a flexible working environment. You’ll work with AI tooling and production-ready patterns, collaborating with clients from day one.

Qualifications

• Real experience using AI agents to build production software.
• Ability to break down a complicated, poorly defined problem.
• Strong TypeScript or Python, comfortable across the full stack, with frameworks such as NestJS or FastAPI.
• Experience meeting and presenting to clients directly.
• Strong written communication, especially for ADRs and docs.
• Experience in consulting, professional services or a forward-deployed role.

Responsibilities

• Turn customer goals into a solution architecture and technology choices.
• Build proofs of concept that validate your design and hand off cleanly.
• Define the agentic engineering pipeline: tooling, workflows and guardrails for AI coding agents.
• Shape the quality strategy, including test approach and code review.
• Make other engineers more capable, pairing on real work and leaving patterns client teams can own.
• Own the architectural decision records.

Skills

AI agents

Client communication

TypeScript

Python

Full stack

Consulting experience

Tools

NestJS

FastAPI

Job description

Hedgehog Lab is seeking an Agentic Solutions Engineer to lead the earliest, most open stage of client engagements. You’ll be the first engineer on a new project, defining architecture and technology choices with direct client input.

This role blends hands-on delivery with shaping engineering practices across teams, in a flexible working environment. You’ll work with AI tooling and production-ready patterns, collaborating with clients from day one.