Forward Deployed Engineer - Remote UK

JR United Kingdom; Bradford; Remote; GBP 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company, seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer, offers a fully remote opportunity within the UK. You'll work closely with engineering teams at esteemed companies, focusing on optimizing ML deployments for client success. Ideal candidates are entrepreneurial engineers with extensive Python experience and a strong understanding of machine learning lifecycles.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend (Python) software engineering experience.
• Experience with ML model development and deployment preferred.
• Excellent communication skills for liaising with customers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to understand ML deployment needs.
• Implement and optimize ML solutions utilizing various tools.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams based on client feedback.

Skills

Python

Problem Solving

Customer-Centric Mindset

Education

Computer Science degree or similar

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms

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Client:

Few&Far

Location:

Bradford, United Kingdom

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Fully Remote within the UK

Up to £160k + Stock + Benefits

Join a US scale-up on a mission to empower engineering teams to deliver their best work by simplifying the deployment of machine learning models.

As they expand their global footprint, have raised Series C funding, and grown over 30% in 3 months, they’re seeking a talented Forward Deployed Engineer to join the UK team!

About the Role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll collaborate directly with customers to understand challenges and engineer ML-based deployment solutions.

You'll be instrumental in ensuring clients achieve optimal outcomes with their models, focusing on aspects like optimization, scalability, and efficiency.

You’ll work alongside teams from companies like NVIDIA, Amazon, Datadog, Vercel, Meta, GitHub, and Uber.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to identify and address their ML deployment needs.
• Implement and optimize ML solutions using Python, open-source tools, and infrastructure.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance product features based on client feedback.
• Work with Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms.

Ideal Candidates have

• 5+ years of backend (Python) software engineering experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, ideally as a Co-Founder or Founding Engineer.
• Some interest or experience with the lifecycle of ML model development and deployment.
• Computer Science degree or similar
• Excellent English communication skills, with proven experience liaising effectively with customers and engineers.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a customer-centric, product engineering mindset.

This role offers insight into the challenges of implementing AI/ML solutions at scale and is ideal for entrepreneurial engineers.