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Lead / Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (SVP)

London, England, GBFull-time2026-10-21 → 2026-11-10

Core

Senior technical anchor driving technical discovery and architecting end-to-end agentic workflows for flagship business use cases within Line of Business delivery pods.

Role type

Staff Forward Deployed Engineer (Agentic AI)

Builds

Production-ready agentic AI systems, multi-agent workflows, and enterprise integrations for core banking backends.

Domain

Banking / Agentic AI Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Java, Go, asynchronous programming, state machines, container orchestration, relational/NoSQL databases, event streaming, enterprise API integration, zero-trust security, agentic frameworks (LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, ADK), RAG pipelines, hybrid search, semantic caching, knowledge graph integrations, mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, gRPC/REST connectors.

Preferred skills

Master's degree, experience in forward-deployed or embedded engineering roles.

Technologies

LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel, ADK, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Kafka, mTLS, OAuth2, OIDC, gRPC, REST, MCP.

Responsibilities

Architect and deploy production-grade agent reasoning loops and multi-agent workflows; lead rapid end-to-end prototyping sprints; co-design Human-in-the-Loop review interfaces; implement secure Model Context Protocol servers and enterprise API bridges; architect enterprise RAG pipelines; implement zero-trust security controls for agent execution; mentor Senior and Junior/Mid engineers; integrate automated evaluation testbeds and safety guardrails; extract reusable agent modules for core enterprise platforms.

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship