Senior AI-Driven Frontline Engineer (Client Engagements)

Hedgehog Lab; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Impact Days (5)

Learning budget

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Hedgehog Lab is seeking an inventive engineer to be the first on a new client engagement, shaping architecture and proving out what is possible with AI-enabled tooling. You’ll help design and validate concepts before a delivery team scales the work.

You’ll collaborate with an agentic team, travel to client sites as needed, and contribute patterns your client teams can own, from ADRs to testing and reviews. No strict office days—mix site visits with remote collaboration.

Qualifications

• Experience with TypeScript and Python across the full stack (NestJS or FastAPI).
• Hands-on use of AI agents in real workflows; GitHub activity counts.
• Ability to simplify messy problems into shippable solutions.
• Comfortable explaining technical thinking to non-technical audiences.
• Strong writing skills, ADRs and documentation.
• Pragmatic architecture sized to PoC/pilot/production.

Responsibilities

• Turn client goals into architecture and technology choices with ADRs.
• Build proofs of concept that validate design.
• Set up tooling, workflows and guardrails for AI coding agents.
• Shape testing and code review processes.
• Pair with engineers and create patterns for client teams to own.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

NestJS

FastAPI

AI agents

GitHub

Problem solving

Communication

Documentation

Architecture

Consulting

Client presentations

Job description

Hedgehog Lab is seeking an inventive engineer to be the first on a new client engagement, shaping architecture and proving out what is possible with AI-enabled tooling. You’ll help design and validate concepts before a delivery team scales the work.

You’ll collaborate with an agentic team, travel to client sites as needed, and contribute patterns your client teams can own, from ADRs to testing and reviews. No strict office days—mix site visits with remote collaboration.