Forward Deployed Engineer

2 hours ago

Responsibilities

Explore customer data architectures and constraints and explain how AI agents can use enterprise data effectively.
Scope and deliver proofs of value from discovery and technical validation through production commitments.
Lead product demonstrations, address technical objections, and discuss architecture with senior engineers and technology leaders.
Run technical discovery sessions with data platform, infrastructure, and executive stakeholders across European markets.
Create reusable pre-sales materials, including discovery frameworks, demo narratives, and reference architectures.
Translate customer constraints and edge cases into actionable product feedback for engineering teams.
Partner with machine learning and infrastructure teams to deliver customer deployments.

At least 5 years of professional experience, including 2 to 3 years building software or data systems in a hands-on technical role.
Experience in forward-deployed engineering, deployment strategy, solutions architecture, or customer-facing data and AI delivery.
Demonstrated ability to take enterprise technical proofs of value into production commitments, including procurement, security reviews, and multi-stakeholder buying processes.
Strong knowledge of modern data platforms, warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data governance.
Working knowledge of production LLM and agentic systems and their capabilities and limitations.
Proficiency in Python or SQL for customer-facing prototyping and translating technical needs into product feedback.
Helpful experience with knowledge graphs, semantic layers, ontologies, or entity resolution.
Valuable experience with regulated or air-gapped deployments, startup environments, or multilingual and cross-European customer work.
Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites across the UK and Europe.