Forward Deployed Engineer

Wintermeyer Ventures; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Wintermeyer Ventures in London is seeking an experienced engineer to join an early forward deployed team. You will collaborate with customer engineers and core product engineers, combining coding with technical leadership to ensure successful deployments and product improvements.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, architectural work with customers, and shaping deployment processes. Visa sponsorship is available, and travel to customer sites up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• 3–8 years of experience in a demanding engineering role with production coding and customer-facing work.
• Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript; familiarity with browser internals, CI/CD, web APIs.
• Ability to navigate unfamiliar codebases and solve complex problems.
• Experience owning integrations, deployments, or pilots with engineering teams.
• Strong CS fundamentals demonstrated via education or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer architectures and design implementation strategies.
• Pair with customer engineers to deploy and scale the product.
• Debug core tech, including browser behavior, and build features.
• Lead technical scoping, pilots, and rollouts with engineering leaders.
• Contribute field learnings to product development and deployment practices.

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

CI/CD

Web APIs

Testing infrastructure

Customer-facing work

CS fundamentals

Education

Computer Science degree

Job description

About the Role

Join an early forward deployed engineering team at an AI-powered software testing SaaS company. You will work directly with customer engineering teams and core product engineers, combining hands-on coding with technical leadership to make deployments successful and improve the product.

What You'll Do

• Understand customer architectures and design implementation strategies that fit their systems.
• Pair with customer engineers to integrate, deploy, and scale the product.
• Debug issues in core technology, including browser behavior, and build product features that address customer needs.
• Lead technical scoping, pilots, and rollouts with engineering leaders and senior technical teams.
• Bring field learnings to product development and help establish deployment processes, tooling, and best practices.

What We're Looking For

• Three to eight years of experience in a demanding engineering role, with recent production coding experience and customer-facing technical work.
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills, plus experience or interest in browser internals, CI/CD, web APIs, and testing infrastructure.
• Ability to navigate and debug complex, unfamiliar codebases and solve challenging technical problems.
• Experience owning integrations, deployments, or pilots with engineering teams, alongside interest in shaping a growing function.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, demonstrated through education or equivalent technical experience.
• Comfort working on-site in London and traveling to customer sites, up to 25%.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: £150,000 to £300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in London, England, United Kingdom, with up to 25% travel to customer sites.