Client-Facing AI Engineer: Prototyping to Production

Jackalope Digital LLC; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Modus is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to work directly with clients, translating business challenges into production AI solutions. You’ll move between conversations, architecture, coding, prototyping, and real-world delivery to drive measurable impact.

The role blends AI engineering, software development, and consulting, with an emphasis on scalable architectures and end-to-end delivery in a fully remote, international environment.

Qualifications

• Typically 5+ years in software engineering or AI/ML engineering.
• Experience building AI/ML or Generative AI applications.
• Strong problem solving with evolving requirements.
• Ability to prototype and turn ideas into working software.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients to understand business challenges and requirements.
• Translate problems into practical AI and software solutions.
• Design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications, agents, and workflows.
• Integrate LLMs, Generative AI, APIs, and data sources.
• Prototype rapidly and validate with users.
• Develop APIs, data pipelines, and infrastructure.
• Design scalable, secure architectures.
• Implement monitoring and feedback for AI solutions.
• Collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams to production.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Python

APIs & System Integration

LLMs / Generative AI

Cloud Platforms

TypeScript

Agent Orchestration

Customer-Facing / Consulting

Solution Architecture

Application Engineering

AI/ML Integration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Modus is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to work directly with clients, translating business challenges into production AI solutions. You’ll move between conversations, architecture, coding, prototyping, and real-world delivery to drive measurable impact.

The role blends AI engineering, software development, and consulting, with an emphasis on scalable architectures and end-to-end delivery in a fully remote, international environment.