Forward-Deployed AI Solutions Engineer

Fdetimes; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Invisible is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with clients and internal teams to build AI-powered solutions and deploy scalable systems on top of our products. You’ll own projects from scoping to deployment, interfacing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This hybrid role blends AI engineering, software construction, and technical consulting, ideal for hands-on model work and high-impact outcomes.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time spent building data, ML, or backend systems.
• Proficiency in Python with hands-on experience using Hugging Face, LangChain, OpenAI, Pinecone, and related ecosystems.
• Experience deploying and orchestrating AI solutions in production with Docker, FastAPI, Kubernetes, and cloud environments (GCP, AWS).
• Experience with workflow orchestration libraries, pub/sub systems (Kafka), and schema governance.
• Data governance and operations experience, including Unity Catalog and policy management, Delta/ETL pipelines, and replay processes.
• Strong product and system design instincts; you understand business needs and translate into architecture.
• Experience building usable systems from messy data and ambiguous requirements.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills; you’ve led conversations with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven experience owning projects from scoping through deployment in ambiguous, high-stakes environments.
• Be willing to be on-call for our customers.
• Willing to travel for on-site client engagements.
• Onsite: Available to work from the office a few days per week, depending on team needs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with delivery leaders to scope technical solutions to operational problems.
• Identify workflow optimizations through deep engagement with customer problems and work to build into a stable and scalable solution.
• Design and implement AI-powered workflows using LLMs, embedding models, retrieval systems, and automation tools.
• Translate messy real-world constraints into elegant engineering solutions.
• Iterate quickly based on real-time feedback from operators and clients.
• Build reusable tooling and infrastructure that accelerates future deployments.

Skills

Python

ML/LLM Frameworks

Docker

FastAPI

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

Kafka

Data governance

Delta/ETL

Unity Catalog

On-call

Travel

Client-facing

Job description

Invisible is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with clients and internal teams to build AI-powered solutions and deploy scalable systems on top of our products. You’ll own projects from scoping to deployment, interfacing with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This hybrid role blends AI engineering, software construction, and technical consulting, ideal for hands-on model work and high-impact outcomes.