Forward-Deployed Engineer(s) UK Government in London

I am recruiting a team of senior Forward-Deployed Engineers for a Government AI unit (as well as additional Platform and Full Stack Engineers) that's building and scaling AI products used directly by frontline public sector teams.This is a genuinely hands-on, end-to-end role. You'll own the full stack yourself, from database and backend through to frontend and AI/ML, and you'll work directly with real users to build things that actually get used. It's a fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environment, and the kind of ownership you don't often get in bigger, more process-heavy organisations. This is one of 2-3 senior hires being made for the team, so there's real scope to help shape how it works.What you'll be doingBuilding and deploying AI-native software in a live production environmentOwning your work across the whole stack: frontend, backend, database and AI/MLBuilding predictive models, LLM-powered workflows and scheduling toolsWorking directly with operational users to understand real problems and ship real solutionsStaying genuinely current on what's happening in AIWhat we're looking forProven experience building and deploying AI-native software in productionComfortable owning every part of the stack, not just your own specialismExperience building predictive models, LLM workflows or similar automationA track record of thriving in complex, ambiguous organisationsGenuinely current on AI developmentsOutstanding communication skills and interpersonal skills to effectively engage with non-technical audiencesNice to haveNext.js, FastAPI and PostgresLLM observability tooling such as LangfuseTerraform and AzureAn entrepreneurial or startup backgroundThe practicalitiesInterim contract, inside IR35, with the potential to run long termUK government basic clearance will be requiredRate: competitive, dependent on experience
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