Skills

Leadership Python JavaScript GitHub Architecture Azure AWS Full-Stack Development

Job Specifications

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

About the Company

It's time to redefine the traditional approach to recruitment, talent acquisition and business development within the tech industry. Our mission is to provide a personalised and partnership-driven experience that ensures the perfect fit for your career or business needs. Through collaboration and immersing ourselves within growing tech companies, we foster deeper relationships. Our range of offerings say goodbye to the one-size-fits all model. Connect with us to explore how our Engage, Embed and Immerse offerings can unloc... Know more