Title: Forward Deployed Engineer – AI & Customer-Facing Technical Leader
Location: Remote
Travel: Customer visits 4–5 days/month; occasional team gatherings
Salary:
Senior: €130–150k base + growth trajectory
Principal: €160–200k base + package discussion
Tech: Python, JavaScript, Azure, AWS, AI, LLM's, RAG
Industry: AI Consultancy
The Role
We’re looking for talented engineers to join our customer-facing AI practice, from Senior Forward Deployed Engineers through to Principal-level AI technical leaders. You’ll work directly with clients to uncover problems, build prototypes, and guide full AI-enabled solution lifecycles.
This is a role for engineers who:
* Enjoy building real software that makes a difference
* Are passionate about AI and its practical application
* Thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and client engagement
What You’ll Do
Customer-Facing Leadership
* Lead discovery workshops with technical and business stakeholders
* Represent the organisation’s technical capabilities in high-stakes client meetings
* Build trust and long-term relationships with engineering teams and decision-makers
Solution Development & Architecture
* Build and iterate working AI prototypes quickly
* Architect scalable, maintainable systems from prototype to production
* Make sophisticated technical decisions balancing AI innovation, quality, and deployment needs
Technical Mentorship & Team Growth
* Guide engineers through technical delivery, code reviews, and architectural discussions
* Elevate team capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and internal workshops
* Contribute to best practices, reusable components, and solution standards
AI Mastery & Innovation
* Implement AI solutions leveraging LLMs, foundation models, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems
* Design evaluation frameworks addressing bias, hallucination detection, and business impact
* Explore novel AI applications while integrating traditional ML techniques where appropriate
Who We’re Looking For
For Senior Engineers:
* 5–8+ years building robust, scalable software systems
* Full-stack development capability across modern technologies
* Client-facing experience or technical consulting skills
* AI curiosity and hands-on experimentation with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot
For Principal Engineers:
* 8+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade software
* Proven AI/ML expertise with production deployment experience
* Advanced knowledge of transformer architectures, foundation models, and prompt engineering
* Senior stakeholder engagement experience and ability to lead high-level AI strategy