Principal Forward Deployed Engineer — AI Transformation Leader

Janus Henderson Investors; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 178,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Health & wellbeing benefits

Volunteer time

Professional development support

Parental leave

Employee events

Beverages & snacks

Job summary

Janus Henderson Investors is undergoing a firm-wide AI transformation to become the industry’s most technologically sophisticated asset manager. As Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, you will lead the Forward Deployed Engineering team and embed with business units to ship high-impact AI solutions.

You will set technical standards, own the team’s outputs, and contribute to the AI Technology roadmap with the Head of AI Technology—a role balancing hands-on work and strategic leadership within a

Qualifications

• Eight years in technical, business-facing engineering roles; senior engineer on the work.
• Experience leading engineers as a line manager, tech lead, or founder.
• Experience with production-scale AI solutions and governance.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage Forward Deployed Engineers and own objectives, delivery, and performance.
• Design, build, and productionise high-complexity AI solutions and architectures.
• Own the roadmap and technology choices, aligning with enterprise architecture.

Skills

Python

SQL

LLMs

Leadership

Cloud (Azure)

CI/CD

Data pipelines

Stakeholder mgmt

Tools

Snowflake

Fabric / OneLake

Azure AI Foundry

Job description

Janus Henderson Investors is undergoing a firm-wide AI transformation to become the industry’s most technologically sophisticated asset manager. As Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, you will lead the Forward Deployed Engineering team and embed with business units to ship high-impact AI solutions.

You will set technical standards, own the team’s outputs, and contribute to the AI Technology roadmap with the Head of AI Technology—a role balancing hands-on work and strategic leadership within a