Forward-Deployed AI Engineer: Turn Proofs into Production

IFS

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

IFS Copperleaf is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to work across Sales, Product, R&D and Implementation. You will stand up our current product on the customer’s data, rapidly prototype near-production solutions, and translate customer requirements into value for the deal.

You’ll turn ‘we can’t do that’ into actionable paths and shape the roadmap. You own the technical outcome from discovery through production adoption, delivering fast value, measuring adoption, and coordinating with product

Qualifications

Customer-facing and commercial ability to connect technology to business outcomes.
Ability to generalize customer work into reusable accelerators.
Experience with AI-enabled engineering, including RAG and agentic tooling.
Familiarity with enterprise integrations in regulated utilities and assets.
Willingness to travel to customer sites up to ~50%.

Responsibilities

Lead discovery, technical scoping, architecture, implementation, and adoption for strategic solutions.
Deploy prototypes and prove value inside deals with customer data.
Engineer for security, reliability, observability, and integration with customer architecture.
Build, deploy, and evaluate alongside customer data to measure adoption and impact.
Collaborate with Product and R&D to translate customer patterns into roadmap investments.
Create reusable accelerators to speed up future work.
Develop solution specifications with customers and update as outcomes evolve.