Forward Deployed AI Engineer
Posted 18 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Forward Deployed AI Engineer, CBS - Assistant Director (Level 3) - UK Wide”
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- Level
- Level 3
- Management level
- People management
- Contract
- Full-time
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyArtificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science (or related)
Study levelMaster's
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Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Core Business Services - Assistant Director/Manager level
Location - any UK office
Permanent
Job Overview
We are seeking an experienced Forward Deployed AI Engineer to join our dynamic team. This is a hands-on role with a leadership element. You will design and build AI agents and automation tools yourself, while providing technical oversight and quality assurance across projects, shaping new work as it comes in, and supporting more junior members of the team.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop AI agents and automation tools to solve complex problems and improve business processes.
- Design AI solutions across multiple projects and portfolios, including orchestration layers and scalable, reusable solutions.
- Decide between, and build with, both low-code and pro-code approaches.
- Design cloud native solutions as the platform for AI solutions, and integrate new AI offerings.
- Provide technical oversight and quality assurance of projects and of the work of others, alongside building yourself.
- Set engineering standards and review the code and solutions produced by the team.
- Shape and scope new demand as it comes in, translating business problems into deliverable technical scope with an assessment of effort and feasibility.
- Own governance and set-up end to end, including AI risk assessment, information security, data loss prevention, change advisory board, environments and licensing, taking products all the way through to live release.
- Manage senior stakeholders, including demonstrating, defending and shaping the work with partners and business leadership.
- Support and mentor junior members of the team, and coordinate delivery across onshore and offshore resources.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
- Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI and apply them to projects.
- Document code, processes and methodologies to ensure maintainability and knowledge sharing within the team.
- Lead and participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to peers.