Forward Deployed Engineer: AI-Driven Real-World Impact

McFall Recruitment Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

McFall Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge technology, data, AI and business needs. You’ll work directly with investment, operations and distribution teams to understand workflows and build measurable solutions.

You’ll move from problem definition to production quickly, often turning prototypes into working systems in days or weeks. You will prototype, test with users, and iterate based on real-world feedback, delivering secure, maintainable services

Qualifications

• Experience delivering production systems from problem definition through deployment.
• Experience working directly with users, clients or business stakeholders is highly desirable.
• Strong experience integrating APIs, databases, files and messaging systems with real-world data.

Responsibilities

• Understand workflows and opportunities by partnering with business teams.
• Prototype rapid solutions and test with users, iterate based on feedback.
• Take prototypes into production with secure, reliable services.
• Work across backend, APIs, data pipelines and user-facing apps.
• Apply AI/LLM capabilities to accelerate delivery.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

User/stakeholder collaboration

APIs integration

Databases & data pipelines

AI/LLM adoption

Security & compliance awareness

Tools

Azure

CI/CD

GraphRAG

Containers

Job description

McFall Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge technology, data, AI and business needs. You’ll work directly with investment, operations and distribution teams to understand workflows and build measurable solutions.

You’ll move from problem definition to production quickly, often turning prototypes into working systems in days or weeks. You will prototype, test with users, and iterate based on real-world feedback, delivering secure, maintainable services