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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer - **Company:** C&d Talent Advisory - **Location:** Stevenage, UK - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** £100,000.0 - £130,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Customer Data Management, Github, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Software Engineering, TypeScript, ReactJS, Backend, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5854877272 ## About the Role * 2-5 years of professional experience * Strong customer-facing or commercial experience * Evidence of owning meaningful customer outcomes * Confidence working directly with senior enterprise stakeholders * Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills * Ability to take ownership when a project or customer situation becomes challenging * Commercial instinct and comfort navigating negotiations * Ability to translate ambiguous customer problems into practical solutions * Strong bias toward action and execution * Comfort operating with significant autonomy * Interest in becoming increasingly hands-on technically * Ability to operate effectively in a fast-moving startup environment * Based in London or able to commute regularly for an on-site role Technical experience that stands out * TypeScript * Node.js * React * Postgres * Express * Azure * Terraform * Docker * GitHub Actions * AI-assisted software development * Claude Code or similar coding agents * Full-stack or backend-oriented development * Ability to understand systems beyond purely front-end implementation What will make you successful * Strong sense of ownership * Commercial awareness * Technical curiosity * Confidence with customers * Ability to operate without detailed instructions * Willingness to get hands-on when necessary * Comfort switching between customer conversations and technical problem-solving * Ability to manage multiple strategic accounts simultaneously * Strong prioritisation in high-pressure situations * Startup-style speed and accountability * Desire to grow into a highly technical customer-facing operator ## Description * Join a seed-stage company building AI-native risk infrastructure for regulated enterprises * Work with customers across financial services, regulated technology, and healthcare * Own enterprise customer relationships from adoption through expansion and renewal * Operate at the intersection of engineering, product, commercial ownership, and customer strategy * Work directly with senior stakeholders including CSOs, VPs of Risk, and Heads of Compliance * Partner closely with the CTO and influence both the product roadmap and company direction * Join a business that reached seven-figure revenue within months of launch What you'll own * Own strategic enterprise accounts end-to-end * Drive customer adoption, expansion, and renewal * Act as the primary point of accountability for customer outcomes * Run working sessions with senior enterprise stakeholders * Define agendas, actions, priorities, and follow-ups * Configure the platform around complex customer workflows * Translate customer requirements into prioritized product feedback * Influence roadmap decisions based on real customer needs * Manage procurement and security-review conversations * Support commercial and contract discussions * Coordinate internal escalations and keep complex accounts moving * Ship customer-facing fixes and small product features when needed * Use AI-assisted development tools to move from customer problem to working solution quickly, * Direct access to senior enterprise decision-makers * Significant ownership from an early stage * Close partnership with the CTO * Meaningful influence over product direction * Exposure to complex enterprise deployments * Opportunity to build both commercial and technical depth * Hands-on experience with AI-native products * Strong AI tooling and API budgets * Daily team lunch * Specialty coffee * King's Cross office with roof terrace and on-site facilities * Meaningful EMI-eligible equity * Fast interview process designed to conclude within approximately two weeks ## Related Videos - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Stop using Node.js like in 2020! 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