Frontline AI Engineer (Forward Deployed)

Stott and May Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stott and May Inc. is partnering with a high-growth AI startup to recruit a Forward Deployed Engineer in London. You will work directly with enterprise clients to translate their needs into production-ready software, embedding with the customer team and solving real-world challenges.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will navigate diverse tech stacks, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and ship rapid solutions while feeding insights back into the product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on builders who can still code without the use of AI tools or LLMs.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and unfamiliar environments.
• Pragmatic and able to move quickly without overengineering.
• Strong communicators who can work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Motivated by solving real customer problems and seeing tangible impact.

Responsibilities

• Embed with customers, understand their operational challenges and requirements.
• Rapidly design and build solutions addressing client needs.
• Work across diverse systems and tech stacks and integrate with client environments.
• Feed learnings back into the core product to improve the platform.

Skills

Hands-on coding

Customer-facing

Systems integration

Job description

Stott and May Inc. is partnering with a high-growth AI startup to recruit a Forward Deployed Engineer in London. You will work directly with enterprise clients to translate their needs into production-ready software, embedding with the customer team and solving real-world challenges.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will navigate diverse tech stacks, communicate clearly with stakeholders, and ship rapid solutions while feeding insights back into the product roadmap.