Forward Deployed Engineer
About the role
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01About the Role
Join a product engineering team building AI-powered software for certification, inspection, and compliance workflows. You will work directly with customers to understand how their operations function and turn real-world needs into reliable production systems.
02What You'll Do
Work alongside customer operations teams to understand certification, inspection, and compliance processes.
Lead customer conversations, document requirements, and build end-to-end solutions across frontend, backend, data, and model layers.
Own product areas from discovery through launch, collaborating closely with company leadership.
Ship software early, observe how users work with it, and improve it based on feedback.
Use judgment to distinguish broadly useful product needs from one-off requests.
Analyze customer documents, conversations, and outputs to develop AI-powered workflows for scheduling, technical review, conformity assessment, field inspection, and document intelligence.
03What We're Looking For
Three to six years of software or product engineering experience, with systems shipped to production users.
Full-stack development experience, including Python, TypeScript, React, Node.js, SQL, and data modeling.
Experience with AI/ML, LLMs, document intelligence, or cloud infrastructure.
Experience building products or systems from the ground up, ideally in an early-stage startup or founding engineering environment.
Comfort working directly with customers and translating operational workflows into software.
Strong computer science fundamentals and the ability to work on-site with customers and the team.
04Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: £100,000 to £160,000 annually. UK visa sponsorship is available.
DGJ Insight
Our own data about this role and place, from official statistics and our live job index.
This job's listed pay is 180% above the benchmark.
Source: OECD Average annual wages, 2025
UN living-cost index for United Kingdom (ICSC post adjustment 76.4), as of 1 Oct 2026.
Source: ICSC post adjustment classifications (icsc.un.org)
- Skilled Worker visa: Job offer from a licensed sponsor at the required skill and salary level; English requirement
- Health and Care Worker visa: Eligible health and social care roles with a licensed sponsor
- Global Talent visa: Endorsement as a leader or potential leader in a listed field
Official routes: UK Visas and Immigration (GOV.UK)
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