Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI
Stott and May · Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
AI/ML EngineeringHybrid
About this role
The candidate will work as an early delivery hire in a fast-growing applied AI company, working closely with the founders to build and deploy AI solutions into client workflows. Responsibilities include identifying operational challenges, building full-stack applications, integrations, agents, and AI tools, and presenting solutions to stakeholders. The role involves the full lifecycle of client engagement, from discovery and sales support to user training and adoption. The engineer will work across different technology stacks depending on the client environment. This position offers the opportunity to grow into a delivery leadership role as the team scales.
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Job Description
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
Cambridge / Hybrid
£65,000 - £70,000 + Bonus + Equity
I’m working with a fast-growing applied AI company that builds and deploys AI solutions directly into the workflows of organisations across regulated and high-impact industries.
They’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join as an early delivery hire, working closely with the founders before taking ownership of their own client engagements.
You’ll be involved across the full lifecycle: understanding the client’s business, identifying where AI can create value, building the solution and ensuring it is successfully adopted.
What You’ll Be Doing
If your open to exploring further or know someone who would be,
Drop me a message!
Forward Deployed Engineer – Applied AI
Cambridge / Hybrid
£65,000 - £70,000 + Bonus + Equity
I’m working with a fast-growing applied AI company that builds and deploys AI solutions directly into the workflows of organisations across regulated and high-impact industries.
They’re looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to join as an early delivery hire, working closely with the founders before taking ownership of their own client engagements.
You’ll be involved across the full lifecycle: understanding the client’s business, identifying where AI can create value, building the solution and ensuring it is successfully adopted.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Working directly with clients to uncover operational challenges
- Identifying where AI can genuinely improve workflows
- Building full-stack applications, integrations, agents and AI tools
- Presenting solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Training users and driving adoption
- Supporting discovery, sales and ongoing client delivery
- Working across different stacks depending on the client environment
- 1+ years’ experience in a professional engineering environment
- Strong full-stack software engineering fundamentals
- Hands-on experience with applied AI, LLMs or modern AI tooling
- Confidence presenting and working directly with clients
- Comfortable working through ambiguity and solving undefined problems
- Independent, creative and commercially curious
- Able to travel to Cambridge and client sites when required
If your open to exploring further or know someone who would be,
Drop me a message!
£65,000–£70,000 / yearApply now
