Forward Deployed Engineer -AI Transformation

Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Transformation) London (must be comfortable with 5 days on site in Soho) £130,000-£160,000 + Benefits We’re working with a founder-led private equity firm undergoing a major AI-driven transformation across its investment and portfolio operations. The business has already embraced LLMs and agentic tooling, and is now moving from experimentation to production-scale deployment with strong executive sponsorship. They are hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to sit at the centre of this transformation. The Role You will work directly with senior stakeholders and investment teams to identify, design, and build AI-enabled workflows that materially improve how the business operates. This is a hands-on delivery role — not advisory. You’ll operate across: * AI use case discovery in live business processes * Design of LLM/agent-based workflows (Claude / OpenAI ecosystem) * Rapid prototyping through to production deployment * Integration into existing enterprise systems (Microsoft stack, investment platforms, CRM tools) * Governance, security, and compliance alignment (including EU regulatory constraints) * Capability transfer into internal teams over time What You’ll Be Doing * Translating ambiguous business problems into working AI systems * Building and deploying real-world AI workflows in production environments * Working closely with executives, operators, and technical teams * Owning delivery end-to-end in fast-moving, imperfect data environments * Helping define what “AI operating model” looks like in a modern investment firm What We’re Looking For * Experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI Engineer, or Solutions Architect * Strong hands-on software engineering ability (APIs, cloud, data systems) * Experience building LLM or agent-based applications * Comfortable operating in ambiguity and directly with business users * Strong stakeholder and communication skills * Pragmatic builder mindset — delivery over design purity Why This Role * High executive sponsorship from founder and leadership team * Real ownership of AI transformation, not incremental tooling * Opportunity to shape AI operating model from the ground up * Strong visibility across a growing international platform If you’re excited by building real AI systems that move from idea → production in weeks, this is the kind of environment where that happens