Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Uniphore Technologies North America Inc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniphore Technologies North America Inc. seeks a senior engineer to lead end-to-end AI solution deployments for enterprise customers. You will own technical strategy, design quality, and orchestration across multi-agent AI platforms.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product teams, and drive best practices in LLM integration, observability, and compliant AI standards. London-based preference; strong communication required.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years engineering experience with senior impact.
• 3+ years in customer-facing or FDE roles
• Proven deployment of AI/ML or data-intensive apps in production
• Strong full-stack skills across Python, Node.js/Go, React/Vue, SQL
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud platforms
• Expertise in LLMs, vector DBs, RAG pipelines
• Agentic orchestration integrations with MCP, Salesforce/SAP
• Excellent communication with technical and executive stakeholders
• BS / MS / PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution development for high-stakes deployments.
• Primary technical POC from design to post-deploy optimization.
• Translate requirements into structured engineering plans with milestones.
• Customize platform components including APIs and tooling.

Skills

Engineering experience

Customer-facing

Full-stack

DevOps

LLMs & RAG

Agentic orchestration

Integrations

Communication

Advanced degree

Education

BS / MS / PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Node.js/Go

React/Vue

SQL

REST/GraphQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Cloud platforms

Job description

Uniphore is the Business AI company. Our sovereign, composable and secure AI platform connects enterprise data, fine-tunes AI models and deploys agentic AI across the enterprise. We empower every worker to boost productivity and help businesses grow faster, operate smarter and reduce costs. Trusted by more than 2,000 businesses globally, and recognized on the Deloitte Fast 500, Uniphore delivers on the promise of AI as a transformative force for business.

Job Description:

Responsibilities

Customer Delivery

• Lead end to end solution development for multiple high-stakes customer deployments; manage technical strategy, design quality, and roadmaps for Agentic AI rollouts at enterprise scale.
• Primary technical point of contact from integration design through to post-deployment optimisation
• Translate ambiguous requirements into structured engineering plans with clear milestones and success criteria
• Customise and extend platform components-APIs, tooling, and bespoke logic

Architecture & Standards

• Architect robust, scalable, and compliant Agentic AI solutions across industries
• Lead multi-agent orchestration, RAG pipelines, and LLM/SLM integration design
• Champion observability, telemetry, and auditable AI standards
• Build and maintain reusable frameworks and asset libraries

Team & Product

• Help build and guide cross-functional Forward Deployed Engineering teams; coach senior/junior engineers, and cultivate a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
• Provide structured product feedback to Platform Engineering on feature gaps and pain points
• Contribute to playbooks, best practices, and technical blog posts

Qualifications

Required

• 8-12+ years engineering experience; 3+ years in customer-facing or FDE roles
• Proven track record deploying AI/ML or data-intensive applications in production
• Strong full-stack skills: Python, Node.js/Go, React/Vue, SQL, REST/ GraphQL
• DevOps proficiency : Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and major cloud platforms
• Expertise in LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Vector DBs, RAG pipelines, and Agentic orchestration frameworks
• Agentic / Integrations : MCP, Salesforce / SAP / Other
• Excellent communication with both technical and executive stakeholders
• Mentorship capability and collaborative team-first mindset
• BS / MS / PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Preferred

• SLM fine-tuning and/or distillation experience
• Hands-on with dedicated Agentic AI platforms (e.g. Agentforce , Copilot Studio)
• Knowledge of AI compliance requirements: GDPR, EU AI Act, SOC 2, HIPAA
• Open-source or research contributions to LangChain , RAG, or Knowledge Graph communities

Location preference:

UK - London

Uniphore is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

For more information on how Uniphore uses AI to unify-and humanize-every enterprise experience, please visit www.uniphore.com.