Forward-Deployed AI Engineer II

GSK plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 99,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK's Enterprise AI team seeks an Engineer II to own BU engagements end-to-end, prototyping AI ideas and mentoring junior engineers. You will embed with business units, frame problems, and deliver working prototypes using AI-native workflows.

You will shape engagement standards, manage multi-FDE engagements, and ensure clean handoffs to Solutions Engineers, while pushing for scalable, reusable AI patterns across projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or Software Engineering; Master’s advantageous.
• 3+ years in full-stack software engineering, AI engineering, ML engineering, or related field with production deployments.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one other language (TypeScript/JavaScript/Go).
• Experience developing generative AI solutions using agents, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, or prompt engineering.
• Experience designing/training/evaluating ML models with PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Experience with data pipelines using Databricks or Apache Spark.
• Experience using AI-assisted software development tools like Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or Databricks AI Assistant.
• Experience guiding or mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities

• Take full ownership of BU use cases from problem framing to working prototype at days-to-weeks cadence.
• Lead small multi-FDE engagements, mentoring G8 FDEs and ensuring delivery quality.
• Embed with BU teams to build trusted relationships and domain understanding.
• Shape the FDE intake pipeline and engagement standards.
• Own the QA bar for reusable pattern library contributions and reference architectures.
• Operate AI agent workflows for autonomous prototype delivery and governance.

Skills

Full-stack software engineering

AI engineering

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

Machine learning engineering

PyTorch/TensorFlow

Databricks/Spark

AI-assisted development tools

Multi-agent workflows

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Master's degree in CS or related field (advantageous)

Tools

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Databricks AI Assistant

GCP/AWS/Azure ML platforms

Job description

GSK's Enterprise AI team seeks an Engineer II to own BU engagements end-to-end, prototyping AI ideas and mentoring junior engineers. You will embed with business units, frame problems, and deliver working prototypes using AI-native workflows.

You will shape engagement standards, manage multi-FDE engagements, and ensure clean handoffs to Solutions Engineers, while pushing for scalable, reusable AI patterns across projects.