Forward Deployed Engineer London, UK

Location: London

Employment type: Permanent

Seniority level: Principal

Office requirement: 2 days in the office – Significant travel required

Overview

At GWI we’re looking for an extraordinary Forward Deployed Engineer to play a key role in our Solutions Consultants Team in London. This role is focused on shaping and driving the end‑to‑end technical deployment of our agentic AI platform for strategic accounts.

Responsibilities

• Embed with Tier‑1 enterprise accounts and own end‑to‑end deployments of the agentic AI platform, from discovery through to production, including bespoke integrations, data pipelines and workflow automations.
• Lead AI agents into production in complex environments (legacy systems, security, compliance), turning cutting‑edge capability into measurable business outcomes.
• Partner with Enterprise AEs in late‑stage sales cycles – leading proof‑of‑concept builds and assessing technical readiness to de‑risk and accelerate the close.
• Surface patterns from the field and feed them back to product and engineering, acting as the bridge between customer reality and roadmap.
• Build out the FDE practice as it scales: develop repeatable deployment playbooks, success metrics and mentor mid‑level FDEs.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in software engineering, solutions engineering or a customer‑facing technical role, with proven shipping of production code in complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrable experience deploying AI or data‑heavy products into large organisations – real production deployments, not just POCs.
• Strong full‑stack or backend engineering fundamentals: Python (essential), APIs, SQL, cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP / Azure) and data pipelines.
• Ability to work through ambiguity and turn it into a concrete technical plan.
• Clear communication across technical and business audiences – tailoring messages for engineering leads and commercial stakeholders.
• Willingness to travel to client sites across the UK and Europe (30–50% of the time).

Nice to have:

• Hands‑on experience with LLM deployment, AI agents or agentic workflow automation.
• Background in a high‑growth B2B SaaS or AI‑native company.
• Experience in one or more of GWI’s core verticals: financial services, media & agencies, consumer goods, or technology.
• Prior experience in an FDE, solutions architect or technical account management function at a company with a named‑account enterprise motion.

Equally important is attitude – we value people who think big, ask why and show respect at all times.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus office closures over the holidays.
• Health cash plan, enhanced family benefits, carer days and mental health support.
• Competitive salary, 4 % pension matching and recognition programs.
• Flexitime, early Friday finishes, hybrid and remote options with a work‑from‑home budget.
• Accredited learning, leadership development and global career mobility.
• DE&I initiatives, volunteering opportunities, donation matching and payroll giving.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Diversity is fundamental to who we are. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled candidates and provide necessary adjustments. We also actively encourage applications from under‑represented and marginalized communities.

Equal Employment Opportunity

GWI is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We do not offer visa sponsorship for this role.