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  • True Talent Solutions Partners

    London

    • About the Role

    Join a customer-facing engineering team building AI software for enterprise organizations. You will work directly with customers to understand complex operational challenges, then design and ship practical software solutions that make a measurable difference.

    What You'll Do

    • Visit customer sites in the UK and internationally for up to 50% of your time to understand operational problems firsthand.

    • Design, prototype, and ship production software quickly across customer environments and technology stacks.

    • Partner with other forward deployed engineers and software engineers during customer engagements and pilots.

    • Share customer insights and product feedback with the core engineering team to inform product development.

    • Prepare and deliver software demonstrations and pilots for prospective customers in manufacturing, automotive, retail, and financial services.

    What We're Looking For

    • One to five years of experience as a customer-facing full-stack software engineer or forward deployed engineer, including at least one year building and shipping production code.

    • Experience with React, TypeScript, Python, LangChain, and Vercel AI SDK, alongside familiarity with Rust, SQL, REST APIs, cloud infrastructure, enterprise data systems, and AI or LLM tools.

    • Strong systems design and architecture skills, with the ability to turn customer problems into scalable technical solutions.

    • A problem-first approach, comfort with ambiguity, and the ability to adapt across customer industries and technical environments.

    • A degree in computer science, engineering, or another STEM field, with strong technical fundamentals.

    • Startup, founding, or early-stage engineering experience is valuable; experience in forward deployed engineering or similar customer-facing roles is also relevant.

    • Based in the UK and able to travel nationally and internationally up to 50% of the time.

    • Authorized to work without visa sponsorship.

    Compensation & Benefits

    Annual salary: £100,000 to £175,000. Visa sponsorship is not available.

    Location

    Hybrid role based in London, United Kingdom, with travel to customer sites.

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