Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer

Search Chain Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Search Chain Partners seeks a hands-on Lead – US Delivery to own technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers. You will work onsite and coordinate with UK engineers and the internal Value Engineering team.

Responsibilities include leading discovery, designing feasible scopes, integrating agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs, and shepherding production deployments. Ideal candidates have pharma/regulated experience and a track record of hands-on leadership.

Qualifications

• Production AI systems with measurable business impact.
• Independent client delivery with minimal supervision.
• Led a small engineering team or enterprise delivery workstream.
• Pharma, life sciences or regulated-enterprise experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers onsite.
• Coordinate with UK engineers and internal Value Engineering team.
• Own discovery to define scope, designs and acceptance criteria.
• Build and integrate agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs; manage testing and deployment.
• Guide engineers, review code and designs, translate delivery lessons into reusable approaches.

Skills

Python

LLMs

Agentic workflows

Enterprise APIs

Tools

Python

LLMs

Agentic workflows

APIs

Job description

Our client is a fast-growing, VC-backed AI company building the next generation of services delivery: AI agent workforce's that do knowledge work inside a customer’s own environment, paid for on outcomes rather than seats. Life sciences is their largest sector, and they’re doubling down on it.

• Millions in ARR, with flagship pharma and CRO customers, including two of the five largest CROs
• 3x ARR growth and 160% net revenue retention last year
• $51M raised from top-tier VCs and angels
• Proprietary reliability technology and causal reasoning IP that regulated enterprises trust

They’re now establishing local technical delivery in the US and need a hands-on lead to own it.

The role

You’ll lead technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers. You’ll work onsite and independently, coordinating with UK engineers and the internal Value Engineering team.

• Lead customer discovery and turn real workflows into feasible scope, technical designs and measurable acceptance criteria
• Build and integrate agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs, owning evaluation, failure handling, testing and deployment
• Own delivery through to production and customer acceptance
• Guide engineers, review code and designs, and turn delivery lessons into reusable approaches

This is not lab R&D, and it is not product or platform development (a separate team does that).

What you’ll bring

• Personal ownership of production AI systems using Python, LLMs and agentic workflows, with measurable business impact
• Independent client delivery: leading onsite discovery, resolving blockers and communicating risk with minimal supervision
• A track record of leading a small engineering team or enterprise delivery workstream while staying hands-on
• Experience evaluating and operating reliable systems; pharma, life sciences or regulated-enterprise experience preferred
• Based within practical reach of a major US pharma hub, and willing to work regularly at customer sites