> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/3042010-forward-deployed-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/3042010-forward-deployed-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer - **Company:** Just Eat Takeaway.com - **Location:** Amsterdam, Netherlands - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software Debugging, Amazon DynamoDB, Software Engineering, Functional Programming, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) - **Published:** September 24, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/forward-deployed-engineer-takeawaycom-central-core-bv-10167450 ## About the Role You'll thrive here if you have strong software engineering and AI fundamentals - whether that's from experience in a startup, or a product focused role in a larger org. Software engineer, ML engineer, data scientist, or equivalent. Product Managers, BAs or Technical Programme Managers keen to return to a builder role. A track record of shipping production systems end-to-end is a strong plus., * Experience building AI applications, agents, or evaluation systems, with the ability to reason clearly about model behaviour in complex workflows. * Comfort working directly with highly experienced functional SMEs and translating their challenges into concrete technical signals. * Production experience with AWS at scale, using services like ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS * Fluency moving between prototyping, debugging, evaluation design, and cross-functional collaboration - sometimes all in the same day. * Working across every layer of the stack - Able to switch between configuring a connector in an admin panel to prompting an agent to contribute code back to our underlying platform. * Clear communication across technical and non-technical audiences - you can explain what you found and why it matters. * High agency and a strong product sense, with a bias toward building things that last rather than one-off fixes. * AI First problem solving, deeply experienced with AI tools to drive fast solution creation, able to balance model usage to maximise ROI, everything from coding to design and more. * Bonus: Familiarity with complex market place businesses. Experience as an early-stage startup engineer or in a previous FDE style role. None of these is a dealbreaker - we're more interested in how you think than what you've already shipped. * AWS Solutions Architect - Associate (Nice to have) ## Description We're looking for a technically sharp, product-minded engineer to help push the frontier of AI across Just Eat Takeaway. You'll work with some of our most ambitious internal teams and technology partners - helping them get the most out of advanced AI, and turning those learnings into durable improvements across our organisation. This is a builder role. You'll dig into complex workflows, identify the gaps that matter, and translate them into concrete technical insights that shape how we build. If you're as comfortable debugging a live workflow as you are designing an evaluation framework or presenting findings to a non-technical audience, you'll fit right in., * Work directly with internal teams and strategic partners to understand critical workflows, uncover failure modes, and identify the highest-impact opportunities for AI improvement. * Prototype and iterate on prompts, agents, and workflow designs to understand system behaviour and unlock real value - not just theoretical improvements. * Synthesise findings for our Product Engineering and Platform teams, turning real usage patterns into clear, reproducible evaluations, benchmarks, and technical artefacts that improve product and platform quality. * Build repeatable tools, patterns, and evaluation approaches that raise the quality bar across multiple use cases - not just one-off fixes. * Operate with strong judgment in ambiguous environments, balancing immediate technical problem-solving with longer-term systemic improvement. * Build relationships across our engineering and product communities, serving as a trusted technical partner to individuals and teams alike. 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