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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Forward Deployed Engineer - **Company:** ISL Talent - **Location:** London, UK - **Salary:** £60,000.0 - £70,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Production Code, Virtual Agents - **Published:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2850544288-ai-forward-deployed-engineer ## About the Role * Demonstrated curiosity of how far to push AI coding - you are constantly asking yourself how much dev you should delegate to Claude Code * Solid early-career experience as a software or ML engineer - you've already shipped real, production code, even if you're not chasing a senior title yet * Real, demonstrable interest in building with AI - side projects and self-directed learning count, you don't need professional agentic AI experience * Comfort with ambiguity - they don't have every process defined yet, and they're not looking for someone who needs that before they can act * The ability to explain what you're building to people who aren't engineers - their clients are finance teams, not developers * Genuine curiosity about the commercial side of what you're building, not just the technical challenge You don't need to have worked at an AI-native company before. That's exactly the kind of profile that's worked well for them already, and it's who they're looking for again. But if you have got that experience and you're still keen, they'd love to hear from you too! ## Description Most "AI agent" roles right now are a slide deck and a vague vision. This one gives you real clients, real financial processes, and real decisions to make from day one. About Trubrics We're working with Trubrics, who build AI agents that solve real problems for real estate finance teams - automating the invoicing and payments work that currently eats up their time. They're backed by Pi Labs, live with enterprise clients already, and growing fast. They didn't start here. They began by building tools to help companies evaluate their own machine learning models, before repositioning hard into agentic AI for real estate finance. That pivot is working, and they need two more people to help them build on it. How they work They care most about ownership - even their most junior people are expected to take real responsibility for their work, not wait to be told what to do. Beyond that, they're not into corporate performance, so come as you are. They're collaborative and straightforward with each other, and they expect the same back. They prioritise by what actually moves the needle for clients, not what looks good on a roadmap - every pilot they've run so far has converted into a paying deployment, which says a lot about how they operate. The role You'll be their second or third Forward Deployed Engineer, joining their first FDE hire, who's been doing this since earlier this year and can show you the ropes. This isn't a role behind a product team, shipping features into a queue. You'll be embedded with real clients, building and deploying agents that solve their actual invoicing and payments problems, and staying close enough to see whether what you've built actually holds up in practice. Early on, that looks like: * Maintaining and improving agents already live with clients - fixing bugs, incorporating feedback, learning how the systems actually get used * Getting properly under the hood of their stack: Python, GCP, Temporal for workflow orchestration, and the OpenAI Agents SDK across OpenAI and Anthropic models As you build trust and experience, that grows into: * Owning delivery and enhancement work independently * Sitting in client workshops and leading implementation conversations * Eventually running full engagements for new clients from scratch - discovery, scoping, design, deployment ## Related Videos - [Guiding Agentic AI with Vue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2033-guiding-agentic-ai-with-vue) - [Designing the Future of Human<>Agent Collaboration](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1447-designing-the-future-of-human-agent-collaboration) - [Introduction to Azure Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/368-introduction-to-azure-machine-learning) - [Hiring AI Native Talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100268-hiring-ai-native-talents) - [How to Stop Your Agents From Going Rogue - Arnav Gupta](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2152-how-to-stop-your-agents-from-going-rogue-arnav-gupta) - [Prompt Engineering Your Career: AI Agents for Tech Interview Prep](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100227-prompt-engineering-your-career-ai-agents-for-tech-interview-prep) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [Coffee with Developers - Maria Apazoglou - Making AI understandable for all in production](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/475-coffee-with-developers-maria-apazoglou-making-ai-understandable-for-all-in-production) - [Transforming Software Development: The Role of AI and Developer Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/527-transforming-software-development-the-role-of-ai-and-developer-tools) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai)