Forward Deployed Engineer

Posted 1 day 9 hours ago by Pivotal Partners

Permanent
Full Time
Other
London, United Kingdom
Job Description

Location: London, England

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will own the technical success and real-world application of the platform across a number of our largest customers.

This is a highly strategic, customer-facing engineering role focused on building, deploying, and iterating on solutions not support.

You'll work directly with senior stakeholders (engineering, product, and leadership) to turn ambiguous problems into production-grade systems that influence real decisions.

Why this role:
  • Opportunity to join and work with leading engineers from Anthropic, OpenAI, Palantir and Scale AI.
  • Highly technical role with direct exposure to real-world outcomes
  • Work sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and strategy
  • High ownership and autonomy from day one

If you're an Software engineer/Full Stack Engineer who wants to move closer to the problem, the customer, and the decision making itself, this is worth a conversation.

Responsibilities:
  • Own the technical relationship for a portfolio of enterprise customers
  • Scope and break down ambiguous, high-impact problems into solvable components
  • Design and build production-grade systems (APIs, data pipelines, integrations)
  • Deploy solutions into real-world workflows that directly influence decision-making
  • Act as a trusted advisor to senior engineers, architects, and executives
  • Translate customer use cases into actionable product and engineering insights
  • Partner closely with Product and Engineering to shape roadmap and capabilities
  • Help define and scale how this technology is applied across industries
Requirements:
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals (Python, TypeScript, or similar)
  • Experience building backend systems, data pipelines, or distributed systems
  • Comfortable working with APIs, integrations, and modern infrastructure
  • Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with minimal structure
  • Strong communication skills across both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience in customer-facing technical roles (FDE) is beneficial but not required