Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI

Stott and May; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Job summary

Stott and May is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to join a fast-growing applied AI company. The role involves direct client engagement in Cambridge, delivering end-to-end AI-powered solutions and owning client engagements from discovery to delivery.

You will work across the full lifecycle, from understanding client needs to building and deploying solutions, with opportunities to grow into a delivery leadership role as the team scales.

Qualifications

• 1+ years’ experience in a professional engineering environment.
• Strong full-stack software engineering fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with applied AI, LLMs or modern AI tooling.
• Confidence presenting and working directly with clients.
• Comfortable working through ambiguity and solving undefined problems.
• Independent, creative and commercially curious.
• Able to travel to Cambridge and client sites when required.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with clients to uncover operational challenges.
• Identify where AI can genuinely improve workflows.
• Build full-stack applications, integrations, agents and AI tools.
• Present solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Train users and drive adoption across client organisations.
• Support discovery, sales and ongoing client delivery.
• Work across different stacks depending on the client environment.

Skills

Full-stack software engineering

Applied AI / LLMs

Client engagement

Ambiguity solving

Travel availability

Job description

Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI

Cambridge / Hybrid

£65,000 - £70,000 + Bonus + Equity

I’m working with a fast-growing applied AI company that builds and deploys AI solutions directly into the workflows of organisations across regulated and high-impact industries.

They’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join as an early delivery hire, working closely with the founders before taking ownership of their own client engagements.

You’ll be involved across the full lifecycle: understanding the client’s business, identifying where AI can create value, building the solution and ensuring it is successfully adopted.

What you’ll be doing:

• Working directly with clients to uncover operational challenges
• Identifying where AI can genuinely improve workflows
• Building full-stack applications, integrations, agents and AI tools
• Presenting solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Training users and driving adoption
• Supporting discovery, sales and ongoing client delivery
• Working across different stacks depending on the client environment

What they’re looking for:

• 1+ years’ experience in a professional engineering environment
• Strong full-stack software engineering fundamentals
• Hands‑on experience with applied AI, LLMs or modern AI tooling
• Confidence presenting and working directly with clients
• Comfortable working through ambiguity and solving undefined problems
• Independent, creative and commercially curious
• Able to travel to Cambridge and client sites when required

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants more ownership, direct client engagement and a chance to join a small, ambitious business, work directly with the founders and have the opportunity to grow into a delivery leadership role as the team scales.