Why this Forward Deployed AI Engineer position is like Silver.

Mongoose Gray; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 106,000 - 144,000; Full time

Job summary

Mongoose Gray is seeking a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to work with our product and engineering teams, delivering bespoke AI-driven solutions for enterprise customers.

You will prototype quickly, deploy rapidly, own the full stack (React/Angular, Python, AWS/Terraform), and engage directly with customers to translate their workflows into production features. The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, architecture, and customer impact.

Qualifications

• Experience embedding AI solutions with product and engineering teams.
• Ability to translate ambiguous customer problems into working software.
• Proven track record delivering production features from one-off builds.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers to understand workflows and design bespoke AI-driven solutions.
• Prototype rapidly and deploy quickly, treating AI agents as multiplier tools.
• Own the full stack and provide architectural guidance across React/Angular, Python, AWS/Terraform.

Skills

Client engagement

Architectural decisions

Startup experience

Presentation skills

Tools

React/Angular

Python

AWS

Terraform

Claude Code

Job description

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• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will work for a hypergrowth SaaS scaleup.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will earn £125,000+ per annum.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will work hybrid, sometimes at our office, sometimes at customer sites.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will be embedded with Product and Engineering teams.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will prototype in hours, deploy in days and treat AI Agents as genuine force multipliers.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will work with customers to understand their workflows, then design and build bespoke solutions.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will use AI-assisted development tools e.g. Claude Code et al.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will own the full stack: React/Angular, Python, AWS/Terraform.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will translate messy, ambiguous customer problems into working software.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will build reusable components that make the next deployment faster than the last.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will be comfortable presenting, debugging live and making architectural decisions on the fly.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will feed back learnings into the core product roadmap, informing what gets built next.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will be fluent with AI coding tools, LLMs, RAG, agentic tool calling and orchestration.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will be up to speed with the latest AI developments e.g. agentic loops/graphs.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will favour shipping over polishing. Good is often good enough these days.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will have prior startup/scaleup exposure.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will have prior forward deployed, solutions engineering or technical professional services experience.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will have a track record of turning one-off customer builds into production features.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will enjoy direct exposure to how our customers use (and break) our product.
• The Forward Deployed AI Engineer will work with teams that consider AI to be core infrastructure, rather than novelty.