Forward Deployed Engineer

Wave Talent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Wave Talent Limited is building an agentic AI platform for the commercial insurance market. The Founding FDE will work directly with enterprise customers to understand complex problems and deliver AI-powered solutions from concept to production.

You'll own end-to-end projects, build bespoke integrations, and shape product direction as the company scales. This role offers significant ownership and the chance to work with a founding team including leaders from top AI organizations.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software engineering with production deployment experience.
• Experience with AI agents and LLM-based applications.
• Ability to translate business problems into code and own end-to-end projects.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with enterprise customers to understand workflows and challenges.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes using AI agents.
• Build bespoke AI-powered solutions, integrations and workflows.
• Take projects from discovery through deployment in live environments.
• Collaborate with customers to iterate and improve solutions, feeding insights back to the product team.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

API integration

Backend engineering

Customer-facing

LLMs / AI agents

Production software

Job description

*5 Days Onsite*

We're partnering with an ambitious early-stage AI startup building an agentic platform for the $3T commercial insurance market.

Already live with paid pilots across some of the world's top 10 insurance brokers, they're looking for a Founding FDE to work directly with enterprise customers, understand complex problems and build AI solutions that take them from concept to production.

What you'll be doing

• Working directly with enterprise customers to understand their workflows and technical challenges
• Identifying opportunities to automate complex processes using AI agents
• Building bespoke AI-powered solutions, integrations and workflows
• Taking projects from initial discovery through to deployment in live customer environments
• Working closely with customers to iterate and improve solutions
• Feeding insights back into the core product to shape its development

What they're looking for

• Strong hands-on software engineering experience, ideally Python and TypeScript
• Experience building and shipping production software
• Exposure to LLMs, AI agents and AI-powered applications
• Strong API integration and backend engineering skills
• Someone comfortable working directly with customers and translating business problems into code
• A self-starter who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys owning problems end-to-end

Why this one’s worth a look

• Founding FDE hire with significant ownership and influence
• Work directly with enterprise customers and the founding team
• Build and deploy AI agents solving real commercial problems
• Founders with backgrounds at OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and Scope
• Genuine opportunity to shape the product as the company scales