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# Forward Deployed Software Engineer

- **Company:** Encord
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £95,462
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Backend, Build Management, Software Coding
- **Published:** October 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5947794124

## About the Role

* A strong software engineer. You have solid fundamentals and the technical depth to design and build complex production systems
 * A first-principles problem solver. You dig into the underlying problem, challenge assumptions, and make sound technical and product trade-offs rather than defaulting to the obvious solution
 * A strong communicator and stakeholder partner. You can build trust, navigate competing priorities, and explain complex decisions clearly
 * An autonomous builder. You operate with limited guidance, create structure from ambiguity, and drive problems through to production
 * A versatile product engineer. You're comfortable working across the stack and moving between hands-on engineering, product thinking, and conversations with the people using what you build

 * 4+ years of software engineering experience with strong CS fundamentals
 * Experience building production software across the stack, from product-facing applications and APIs to backend services and data workflows
 * Strong system design judgment and experience making architecture decisions for complex software
 * Strong coding skills in a modern language; Python is a plus
 * Evidence of owning technical problems end to end, from design through production
 * Strong product judgment, technical communication, and stakeholder management
 * Experience working directly with users, customers, or external engineering teams is a plus
 * Bonus: experience in a high-growth startup, developer platform, or ML/data product environment