Senior Forward-Deployed Engineer: Lead Deployments

Stratos Technologies

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity through stock options

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

25 days of annual leave

Work from abroad — up to four weeks a

Hybrid office policy

Job summary

STRATOS is seeking a Senior FDE to own the technical side of client relationships, set the architecture, ship to production, and grow the engineers around you, alongside founders who stay close to the work. This London-based role focuses on data pipelines, ontologies, and AI workflows on Palantir Foundry and AIP.

You will lead deployments end to end, mentor engineers, and influence product roadmaps while collaborating with senior executives.

Qualifications

4+ years in data engineering or forward-deployed roles with production systems you're proud of.
Expert Python, PySpark and SQL; ability to design scalable data models.
Experience leading client-facing technical work and explaining trade-offs to executives.
Ability to make decisions quickly with imperfect information and back them with data.
Desire to influence how a fast-growing company builds its engineering team.

Responsibilities

Lead deployments end to end for one or more clients from scoping to production.
Own the architecture for data pipelines, ontologies and AI workflows on Foundry and AIP.
Be the technical lead in client rooms at senior level.
Grow the FDEs around you through code reviews and pairing.
Shape the roadmap with Product and founders, turning patterns into reusable product.