Forward Deployed Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join an early-stage B2B SaaS team building AI-powered software for certification, inspection, and compliance workflows. You will work directly with customers to understand how their operations run and turn real-world needs into reliable production systems. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Embed with customer operations teams to learn how certification, inspection, and compliance work in practice. - Lead customer calls, write specifications, and build end-to-end software across the frontend, backend, data model, and AI layer. - Own product areas from the start, collaborating closely with the founding team. - Ship production software quickly and improve it through direct observation and user feedback. - Assess customer requests and prioritize solutions that can serve broader needs. - Review customer documents, calls, and real-world outputs to develop AI workflows for scheduling, technical review, conformity assessment, field inspection, and document intelligence. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Three to six years of experience in software engineering or product engineering. - Full-stack development experience, including Python, TypeScript, React, Node.js, SQL, and cloud infrastructure. - Experience building and shipping products or systems from the ground up, ideally in an early-stage startup environment. - Familiarity with AI/ML, large language models, or document intelligence. - Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with customers. - A strong academic or technical foundation. Experience in forward-deployed engineering is a plus. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary: £100,000 to £160,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in England, United Kingdom.