Software Engineer, Deployed

Understanding Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Understanding Recruitment Ltd is sourcing Forward Deployed Engineers for a well-funded, VC-backed Defence AI start-up. The role focuses on real-world deployment, interacting with end users, and delivering production-grade software that integrates AI capabilities.

Ideal candidates have strong software engineering foundations, Python expertise, and experience with distributed systems, taking ownership from requirements to deployment in challenging operational environments.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in Python and complex systems.
• Background in software engineering and distributed architectures.
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Building and deploying sophisticated software systems in real-world environments.
• Working closely with end users to understand complex technical and operational challenges.
• Writing production-quality code and solving problems across the software stack.
• Integrating AI-powered capabilities into existing systems and workflows.
• Taking ownership of engineering problems from initial requirements through to deployment.
• Working alongside highly capable software engineers and AI researchers.

Kenntnisse

Software engineering

Python

Distributed systems

Complex systems

Stakeholder comms

Jobbeschreibung

Software Engineers, are you tired of building products you never see used in the real world?

I'm working with awell-funded, VC-backed Defence AI start-upbuilding intelligent systems designed to solve some genuinely difficult real-world problems.

They're looking forForward Deployed Engineerswho want to do more than sit behind a desk writing code against a backlog.

Thinksoftware engineering, AI, complex systems and real-world deployment- working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and challenging operational environments.

What makes this interesting?

• Building and deploying sophisticated software systems in real-world environments.
• Working closely with end users to understand complex technical and operational challenges.
• Writing production-quality code and solving problems across the software stack.
• Integrating AI-powered capabilities into existing systems and workflows.
• Taking ownership of engineering problems from initial requirements through to deployment.
• Working alongside highly capable software engineers and AI researchers.

Who are we looking for?

• Engineers with strong foundations insoftware engineering, Python and complex systems, who enjoy solving ambiguous technical problems.
• You might come from a high-performance engineering team, an AI start-up, a defence technology company or a technically demanding software environment.
• Experience inbackend engineering, distributed systems, infrastructure or systems integrationwould be particularly interesting.
• You don't need to have worked in a Forward Deployed role before.
• What matters is your ability towrite great code, communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, think independently and make complex technology work in practice.
• This is for engineers who enjoy being close to the problem, taking ownership and seeing the direct impact of what they build.

UK | Office-first with flexibility

UK right to work and SC clearance eligibility required