Senior Enterprise AI Forward‑Deployed Engineer

GSK plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 155,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement benefits

Paid holidays

Paid caregiver/parental leave

Job summary

GSK plc is seeking a senior technical leader for Forward Deployed Engineering in Enterprise AI. You will set standards for AI-native development, architect agentic workflows, and oversee delivery across multiple business units.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with governance responsibilities and the mentoring of Staff and Senior FDEs to raise the technical bar across the function. You will collaborate with Director and VP-level leaders to shape AI roadmaps, drive high-value use

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering and AI/ML engineering across multiple teams or an enterprise
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Demonstrated track record of setting engineering standards, reference architectures, or platforms adopted at enterprise scale
• Proven track record of taking AI ideas from sketch to working software and production at speed in customer-facing or embedded roles
• Understanding hands-on expertise in GenAI patterns, including agents, multi-agent orchestration, RAG, prompt engineering, evaluation, MCP integrations
• Enterprise-level expertise in AI, ML, and data science—from classical ML to MLOps at scale
• Experience using AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Databricks AI Assistant) for development
• Experience influencing Director/VP-level leaders
• Mentoring Staff- and Senior-level engineers and shaping senior technical careers

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise-level development standards for AI solutions across GSK, including reference architectures and evaluation frameworks
• Set enterprise technical direction for AI-native engineering and scalable agentic workflows
• Own enterprise pattern library and reference platform with reusable agents and templates
• Chair FDE design reviews and contribute to architecture governance
• Own FDE delivery for strategic business units from intake to handoff
• Lead complex engagements, hands-on in architecture and delivery
• Lead multi-FDE teams across concurrent engagements
• Partner with executive leaders to shape AI roadmaps and high-value use cases
• Be technical authority for architecture, ML, data science, and agentic engineering
• Mentor Staff and Senior engineers and shape career paths
• Influence vendor strategy and tooling choices for enterprise-scale AI

Skills

AI engineering leadership

AI/ML engineering

Enterprise AI

Staff and Senior mentorship

Architecture standards

GenAI patterns

MCP integrations

VP-level collaboration

Governance & security

Vendor strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

GSK plc is seeking a senior technical leader for Forward Deployed Engineering in Enterprise AI. You will set standards for AI-native development, architect agentic workflows, and oversee delivery across multiple business units.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with governance responsibilities and the mentoring of Staff and Senior FDEs to raise the technical bar across the function. You will collaborate with Director and VP-level leaders to shape AI roadmaps, drive high-value use