Forward Deployed Engineer

numi; Greater London; On-site; GBP 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

London office base

Job summary

numi invites a Forward Deployed Engineer to join a founder-led AI startup in London, working directly with the founder and key customers. You will translate enterprise needs into practical builds, own the delivery end-to-end, and fix issues at the table with clients if anything breaks.

The role values a strong CS background, hands-on coding, and startup instincts over pure research, with significant equity and uncapped base salary for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• Hands-on CS background with strong coding ability.
• Forward Deployed / Applied AI pedigree is preferred.
• Startup mindset with comfort moving quickly and owning outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Translate enterprise needs into built features and own the build end-to-end.
• Collaborate with the founder and major customers, shaping product direction.
• Own fixes with clients when issues arise and communicate transparently.

Skills

Forward Deployed AI pedigree

Coding ability

Startup instincts

Ownership culture

Education

Computer science degree or strong CS background

Job description

numi partners with a fast-growing, founder-led AI startup building autonomous agents for some of the world's largest engineering and infrastructure enterprises, to find their next Forward Deployed Engineer.

This is a rare seat at the sharp end of a genuine first-mover product. It's a ~15-person, profitable, founder-owned business that has spent the last year pivoting from tooling into a full agentic platform, is already live with major enterprise pilots showing strong retention, and is joining at a pivotal moment as it scales fast.

You'll sit shoulder-to-shoulder with the founder and the company's biggest customers, translating what enterprise clients actually need into what gets built, then owning that build end-to-end. When something breaks, you're the one at the table with the client, fixing it.

What we need:

A computer science degree, or an equally strong, hands-on CS background. This one is non-negotiable. Serious, demonstrable coding ability: this is a builder role first, so pure research or data-science-only profiles won't be the right fit. Forward Deployed / Applied AI pedigree, ideally from a frontier AI company. Startup instincts over pure enterprise polish, comfortable with ambiguity and moving fast. The confidence to challenge a founder productively inside a direct, high-ownership culture.

Package:

base salary is not capped for the right person, think significant six figures (up to circa £250k for a standout profile), plus meaningful early equity, joining ahead of a real inflection point for the business.

Location:

London, office-based.