Forward Deployment Engineer

Arrows; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering AI start-up in London as a Founding Forward Deployment Engineer, where you will play a vital role in deploying innovative AI solutions. This position demands a strong technical background and offers substantial impact on product direction and customer success while working with leading experts. You'll be at the forefront of intelligent deployment strategies in an agile environment.

Benefits

Generous equity stake

Impact on product direction and success

Opportunity to define deployment functions

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in technical roles, ideally in start-ups.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals for robust systems.
• Outstanding communication and customer engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Deploy AI-driven solutions into real-world environments.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and ML teams.
• Shape implementations based on customer feedback.

Skills

Software Engineering

Solution Architecture

Customer Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Top-tier Academic Background

Tools

Python

Node.js

TypeScript

React

AWS

Job description

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Base pay range

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Helping Start-Ups Scale From Launch to Acquisition | Specializing in the Top 1% Candidates across London & NYC

An exceptional opportunity to join a well-funded, stealth-mode AI start-up in London as a Founding Forward Deployment Engineer. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and customer success - perfect for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and wants to have direct impact with users.

Founded by alumni from Oxford, Cambridge, and Imperial, with multiple successful AI start-ups behind them, the team is building intelligent systems that are already drawing serious investor attention!

About the Company:

This is a company led by a group of deeply technical founders with a proven track record in scaling applied AI products. With strong financial backing and a highly ambitious roadmap, they are combining cutting-edge machine learning with practical, scalable deployment across high-value use cases.

As a Founding Forward Deployment Engineer, you'll be right in the middle of that effort - helping customers realise value from day one, while influencing both product and technical direction.

The Role:

You’ll be responsible for deploying AI-driven solutions into real-world environments, working directly with customers to understand their needs, shape implementations, and ensure fast, smooth rollouts. You’ll also collaborate closely with the core engineering and ML teams to feed back insights and drive product improvements.

This is a hybrid role blending software engineering, solution architecture, product thinking, and customer-facing communication.

️ What You’ll Work With:

• Backend and integration work with Python, Node.js, and TypeScript
• Front-end work using React
• Cloud infrastructure via AWS
• APIs, data pipelines, and custom tooling for real-world deployments
• Opportunity to work with ML/AI systems at the integration level (no prior ML required, but a plus)

What They’re Looking For:

• A top-tier academic background - Oxbridge, Imperial, or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience in technical roles, ideally in start-ups or high-growth environments
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and an ability to build robust, flexible systems
• Outstanding communication skills - you’ll work directly with customers and stakeholders
• A product mindset and eagerness to shape both UX and technical outcomes
• A proactive, problem-solving attitude - you love ambiguity and ownership
• Must be based in London and available to work on-site 5 days/week with the founding team

What’s on Offer

• Generous equity stake - true founding engineer level
• Direct impact on customer success, product direction, and technical roadmap
• Work with a world-class team of engineers, ML experts, and operators
• A chance to define the deployment function at an AI company from day one

If you’re a highly capable engineer who loves solving problems at the interface between product and real-world deployment, and want to help build something that matters - this could be the role for you!

Let’s connect!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting

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