Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer
About The Position
Lead hands-on technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers, working independently onsite and coordinating with UK engineers and Value Engineering. The role focuses on discovering customer workflows, shaping them into feasible scope and technical designs, and delivering agentic AI systems through production and customer acceptance. It is a customer-facing delivery role rather than an R&D, product, or platform development position. The successful candidate will build and integrate agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs, and take ownership of evaluation, failure handling, testing, and deployment. They will guide engineers, review code and designs, collaborate with UK colleagues, and turn delivery lessons into reusable approaches.
Requirements
- Personal ownership of production AI systems using Python, LLMs, and agentic workflows.
- Sound software engineering skills and a record of measurable business impact.
- Ability to lead onsite discovery independently, clarify requirements, resolve technical blockers, and communicate risks with limited day-to-day supervision.
- Track record of leading a small engineering team or enterprise delivery workstream from discovery through production while remaining hands-on and accountable for technical outcomes.
- Experience evaluating and operating reliable systems.
- Based within practical reach of a named US pharma hub and willing to work regularly at customer sites.
Nice To Haves
- Pharma, life sciences, or regulated-enterprise delivery experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead customer discovery and translate workflows into feasible scope, technical designs, and measurable acceptance criteria.
- Build and integrate agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs.
- Own system evaluation, failure handling, testing, and deployment.
- Own technical delivery through production and customer acceptance.
- Partner with Value Engineering on scope, dependencies, and progress.
- Guide engineers and review code and technical designs.
- Collaborate with UK colleagues and turn delivery lessons into reusable approaches.
Benefits
- 20 days of paid holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Options to carry over or sell up to 5 days of holiday.
- Share options.
- Referral bonus program.
- Learning and development budget.
- Competitive remuneration.
- Great work-life balance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
