Principal Forward Deployed Engineer
Core
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer leading AI transformation by building bespoke, high-complexity AI solutions and managing a team of engineers to embed AI capabilities within business units.
Role type
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer (AI Engineering & Team Leadership)
Builds
Production AI solutions, agentic workflows, data pipelines, and reusable components on Nexus and Accio platforms.
Domain
Asset Management / Financial Services / Artificial Intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Python, SQL, LLM development (prompt/context engineering, agent development, evaluation, deployment), cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred), CI/CD, containers, infrastructure as code, team leadership, technical roadmap ownership, technology selection and vendor evaluation.
Preferred skills
Experience as a technical founder, experience with MCP servers and connectors, experience building citizen developer workflows.
Technologies
Python, SQL, Azure, CI/CD, containers, infrastructure as code, Nexus, Accio, MCP servers, LLMs
Responsibilities
Line-manage Forward Deployed Engineers (hiring, onboarding, performance), design and build production AI solutions, own architecture decisions, build AI technology roadmap aligned with strategy, evaluate new models/tools/vendors, embed with business units to define investment capability, expose data/capability via centralised servers.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with team leadership
