Security-Cleared Forward-Deployed Data Engineer | AI & Ops

Fortice; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing AI and data engineering scale-up is hiring a Forward Deployed Data Engineer in the London Area. In this hands-on client-embedded role, you'll engage directly with clients to design and build data pipelines and workflows that solve operational challenges. Ideal candidates have strong experience in Python, SQL, and TypeScript, as well as a solid grounding in data engineering principles. This position offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects and long-term career progression within a supportive culture.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Python, SQL, and TypeScript.
• Solid grounding in data engineering, ETL pipelines, and workflow orchestration.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms used in operational settings is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work directly alongside stakeholders to understand operational challenges.
• Break down poorly defined problem spaces and design scalable architectures.
• Build and maintain ETL pipelines that support operational and analytical use cases.
• Create decision-support tools and operational workflows.
• Collaborate on deploying AI and ML models that solve real problems.
• Deliver clean, reliable, maintainable software across the stack.
• Mentor peers and contribute to internal best practices.
• Earn credibility with clients through delivery and consistency.

Skills

Python

SQL

TypeScript

Data Engineering

ETL Pipelines

Workflow Orchestration

Applied AI / Machine Learning

Tools

Palantir

Job description

A fast-growing AI and data engineering scale-up is hiring a Forward Deployed Data Engineer in the London Area. In this hands-on client-embedded role, you'll engage directly with clients to design and build data pipelines and workflows that solve operational challenges. Ideal candidates have strong experience in Python, SQL, and TypeScript, as well as a solid grounding in data engineering principles. This position offers the opportunity to work on impactful projects and long-term career progression within a supportive culture.