Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer
About The Position
The Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer will lead hands-on technical delivery for US pharma and life sciences customers. The role operates independently onsite and coordinates with UK engineers and Value Engineering. It involves turning customer workflows into feasible scope, technical designs, and measurable acceptance criteria; building and integrating agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs; and owning evaluation, failure handling, testing, deployment, and customer acceptance. The engineer will guide other engineers, review code and designs, and turn delivery lessons into reusable approaches. This is a customer-facing delivery role focused on production systems and measurable business outcomes, rather than isolated R&D or product and platform development. The position is based within practical reach of a named US pharma hub and requires regular work at customer sites.
Requirements
- Personal ownership of production AI systems using Python, LLMs, and agentic workflows.
- Sound software engineering skills and a focus on measurable business impact.
- Ability to lead onsite discovery, clarify requirements, resolve technical blockers, and communicate risks with limited day-to-day supervision.
- Experience 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.
- Turn delivery lessons into reusable approaches.
- Resolve technical blockers and communicate risks during client delivery.
Benefits
- Competitive remuneration
- Great work-life balance
- 20 days of paid holiday, plus bank holidays
- Holiday carry-over or sell options, up to 5 days
- Share options
- Referral bonus program
- Learning and development budget
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
