Job description
Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Company Overview
Understanding Recruitment is the go-to destination for technology recruitment with headquarters in St. Albans, England. Specialising in Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, and Web3, our team of over 90 recruiters is adept in navigating the dynamic landscapes of tech roles within the Software Development Lifecycle.
Job Summary
We're partnering with a high-growth AI infrastructure company helping enterprises deploy, operationalise, and scale AI systems in production. They're looking for a Forward Deployed AI Engineer to work at the intersection of customers, product, and engineering - building AI-powered solutions that solve real-world business problems. This is a highly technical, customer-facing role where you'll own deployments end-to-end, from discovery and solution design through implementation and production rollout.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner directly with customers to understand business objectives, workflows, and technical challenges.
- Design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications tailored to customer needs.
- Develop production-grade software across backend services, APIs, integrations, and data systems.
- Build and optimise AI workflows, agentic systems, and LLM-powered applications.
- Integrate AI capabilities into existing customer infrastructure and business processes.
- Work across cloud infrastructure, data pipelines, model serving, and application layers.
- Translate ambiguous customer requirements into scalable, robust technical solutions.
- Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and customer success teams to drive successful deployments.
- Leverage AI-native development tools and automation to accelerate delivery and iteration.
- Shape product direction through customer feedback, implementation learnings, and field insights.
Requirements / Qualifications
- 1-3 years of software engineering experience, or equivalent startup, founder, or project experience.
- Strong engineering fundamentals with experience building and shipping production software.
- Hands-on experience with modern AI technologies, including LLMs, agents, RAG systems, or AI application development.
- Ability to quickly understand complex business problems and develop practical technical solutions.
- Strong customer-facing communication skills and a passion for working directly with end users.
- High ownership mentality with the ability to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Experience working across multiple parts of the stack, from infrastructure and backend systems to AI applications.
- Curious about AI infrastructure, model deployment, and emerging AI technologies.
- Experience incorporating AI-assisted development tools into your workflow.
Location
European Union (Remote)
Employment Type
Full Time
