Forward Deployed Engineer

SolveAI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SolveAI is looking for an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with enterprise customers, embedding within their organizations to solve critical problems and deliver tangible value quickly.

You will bridge product and real-world needs, reverse-engineer solutions, and adapt to whatever technology the client has in place, often spending 50-75% of time at customer locations, nationwide and potentially international.

Qualifications

• Solid engineers who can write good code; credibility over seniority.
• Prior FDE experience is valuable; excited about the jump into this role.
• Able to work across diverse tech stacks and environments.

Responsibilities

• Embed with enterprise customers to understand their challenges and data environments.
• Rapidly design, prototype, and deliver solutions that provide immediate value, often within days.
• Adapt to diverse tech stacks and existing infrastructure.
• Translate customer learnings into product improvements benefiting all users.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Handle ambiguity and determine the best path forward.

Skills

Coding proficiency

Client communication

Prototype development

Adaptability

Job description

About SolveAI

Most enterprise problems never get solved in software, because the person who understands the problem and the person who can build the fix are never the same person. SolveAI closes that gap.

About SolveAI

Most enterprise problems never get solved in software, because the person who understands the problem and the person who can build the fix are never the same person. SolveAI closes that gap.

Our platform lets the people closest to the problem build real, production-grade software by describing what they need in plain English. It plugs into the enterprise stack as it actually exists, and what it ships clears the bar enterprises actually hold software to: secure, compliant, reliable, maintainable, and able to scale. The result is software tailored to each customer's environment, owned by them.

Unlike the wave of 'vibe coding' tools squinting at the enterprise from the consumer world - hoping the hard parts can be bolted on later - we started at the hard end. For us, that bar is the foundation we build on, not a roadmap item.

We can do this because of who's in the room: a team that's spent decades operating inside the world's most complex organisations, not just observing them.

Backed by GV and Accel, built by an ex-Palantir team, and already live with enterprise customers.

What We Offer

• High-impact environment: Join a company shaping the future of enterprise software, working with a team that's redefining how AI meets real-world business needs
• Ownership and visibility: In a small, high-performing team, the impact of your work isn't theoretical - it actively shapes the company's direction
• Empowerment through innovation: Use cutting-edge AI tools internally. You'll be working with the same technology we deliver to enterprises

About The Role

We're seeking an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with our enterprise customers, embedding within their organizations to solve their most critical problems. You'll be on the front lines, understanding customer challenges first-hand, rapidly prototyping solutions, and delivering immediate, tangible value.

As an FDE, you'll bridge the gap between our product and real-world enterprise needs. You'll reverse-engineer solutions to complex problems, adapt to whatever technology or constraints you encounter, and distill learnings back into our core product. This role is for engineers who are energized by delivering practical outcomes to real people, not just building for the sake of building.

To understand customer needs and workflows, FDEs may spend extended periods at customer locations, which could be national and/or international and might take you anywhere from offices and co-working space to data centers. This could be as much as 50-75% of your time.

Responsibilities

• Embed with enterprise customers to deeply understand their operational challenges and data environments.
• Rapidly design, prototype, and deliver solutions that create immediate value, often within days as opposed to months.
• Adapt to diverse tech stacks, working with whatever infrastructure and systems the customer has in place.
• Translate customer learnings and patterns into product improvements that benefit all users.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Handle ambiguity with confidence. You'll often be given a problem and expected to figure out the best path forward.

Requirements

We're looking for solid engineers who can write good code - not solution architects who talk like engineers, but people who can actually build. You don't need to be the best engineer on the team, but you need to be credible.

Prior FDE experience is valuable, but we're equally excited about smart, motivated engineers who identify with this role and want to make the jump.

Beyond Technical Ability, We're Looking For

• Adaptability: No strong opinions on specific technologies or approaches. You thrive when thrown into unfamiliar environments and can work with whatever's in front of you.
• Resourcefulness: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making pragmatic trade-offs under pressure. You know what matters for a weekend prototype vs. a production system.
• Value orientation: You're motivated by delivering real outcomes to real people. The projects that have energized you most are ones where you've seen tangible impact, not academic exercises or side projects only you use.
• Communication skills: Ability to resonate with customers, understand their problems, and explain solutions clearly.

Why SolveAI

At SolveAI, you'll work alongside a team that's spent decades solving the hardest enterprise challenges, from operational inefficiencies to data fragmentation.

If you want to see real change in the world, care deeply about value add, and thrive when given ownership in unfamiliar environments, we'd love to hear from you.