Applied AI Forward Deployed Engineer — Cloud

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead the end-to-end delivery of conversational AI pilots at client sites. You will transform rapid prototypes into scalable, secure AI systems, working across software engineering, ML ops, and cloud infrastructure for high-travel engagements.

In this role you’ll drive customer success for top clients, shaping CUJs, and collaborating with DeepMind/Vertex AI technologies. London-based with global travel opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Experience architecting AI on cloud platforms (GCP).
• Experience deploying resources using Terraform or similar tools.
• Experience building full-stack apps interacting with enterprise IT.

Responsibilities

• Lead development for complex Conversational AI and CX apps, moving prototypes to production-grade workflows.
• Architect and code conversational flows linking AI products to live customer infra and APIs.
• Build Eval pipelines and observability for complex agent workloads with low latency and strong security.
• Identify repeatable field patterns in the AAI stack and convert into reusable modules.
• Co-build with customer engineers to enforce enterprise-grade development practices.

Skills

Python

Cloud platforms

Terraform

Full-stack

Multi-agent systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master’s or PhD in AI/CS

Tools

Terraform

GCP

Job description

Cloud is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead the end-to-end delivery of conversational AI pilots at client sites. You will transform rapid prototypes into scalable, secure AI systems, working across software engineering, ML ops, and cloud infrastructure for high-travel engagements.

In this role you’ll drive customer success for top clients, shaping CUJs, and collaborating with DeepMind/Vertex AI technologies. London-based with global travel opportunities.