Senior Software Engineer

Title: Forward Deployed Engineer – AI & Customer‑Facing Technical Leader

Location: Remote

Travel: Customer visits 4–5 days / month; occasional team gatherings

Salary: Senior: €130–150k base + growth trajectory; Principal: €160–200k base + package discussion

Tech: Python, JavaScript, Azure, AWS, AI, LLMs, RAG

Industry: AI Consultancy

The Role

We’re looking for talented engineers to join our customer‑facing AI practice, from Senior Forward Deployed Engineers through to Principal‑level AI technical leaders. You’ll work directly with clients to uncover problems, build prototypes, and guide full AI‑enabled solution lifecycles.

This is a role for engineers who :

• Enjoy building real software that makes a difference
• Are passionate about AI and its practical application
• Thrive at the intersection of technical leadership and client engagement

What You’ll Do

Customer‑Facing Leadership

• Lead discovery workshops with technical and business stakeholders
• Represent the organisation’s technical capabilities in high‑stakes client meetings
• Build trust and long‑term relationships with engineering teams and decision‑makers

Solution Development & Architecture

• Build and iterate working AI prototypes quickly
• Architect scalable, maintainable systems from prototype to production
• Make sophisticated technical decisions balancing AI innovation, quality, and deployment needs

Technical Mentorship & Team Growth

• Guide engineers through technical delivery, code reviews, and architectural discussions
• Elevate team capabilities through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and internal workshops
• Contribute to best practices, reusable components, and solution standards

AI Mastery & Innovation

• Implement AI solutions leveraging LLMs, foundation models, and retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) systems
• Design evaluation frameworks addressing bias, hallucination detection, and business impact
• Explore novel AI applications while integrating traditional ML techniques where appropriate

Who We’re Looking For

For Senior Engineers :

• 5–8+ years building robust, scalable software systems
• Full‑stack development capability across modern technologies
• Client‑facing experience or technical consulting skills
• AI curiosity and hands‑on experimentation with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub Copilot

For Principal Engineers :

• 8+ years delivering complex, enterprise‑grade software
• Proven AI / ML expertise with production deployment experience
• Advanced knowledge of transformer architectures, foundation models, and prompt engineering
• Senior stakeholder engagement experience and ability to lead high‑level AI strategy