Forward Deployed Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026.
About the Role
Join a team building AI-enabled SaaS tools for certification, inspection, and compliance workflows. You will work directly with customer teams to understand operational needs and turn them into production software.
What You'll Do
Embed with customer operations teams to understand how certification, inspection, and compliance work in practice.
Lead customer conversations, write specifications, and build end-to-end systems across the frontend, backend, data model, and AI layer.
Own product areas and ship software quickly, iterating based on direct feedback from users.
Use sound judgment to identify which customer needs can serve broader workflows and which are specific to one customer.
Review customer documents and outputs to develop AI-powered 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 or product engineering, including building and shipping production systems.
Full-stack capability, including Python backend development, TypeScript and React frontend development, data modeling, and AI or model-layer integration.
Experience integrating AI systems into production products and working with tools such as SQL and cloud infrastructure.
Experience building products or systems from the ground up, ideally in an early-stage or founding engineering environment.
Ability to work directly with customers, understand real-world operations, and translate complex workflows into reliable software.
Strong technical fundamentals and a personable, collaborative approach.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: £100,000 to £160,000 annually. UK visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site, five days per week in London, England, United Kingdom.