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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Pivotal Partners
- **Location:** Birmingham, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Systems Integration, TypeScript, Backend, Build Management, Api Design, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** May 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/forward-deployed-engineer-birmingham/2774074783-2/

## About the Role

* MUST HAVE A STEM degree
 * Strong software engineering fundamentals (Python, TypeScript, or similar)
 * Experience building backend systems, data pipelines, or distributed systems
 * Comfortable working with APIs, integrations, and modern infrastructure
 * Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with minimal structure
 * Strong communication skills across both technical and non-technical audiences
 * Experience in customer-facing technical roles (FDE) is beneficial but not required

## Description

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will own the technical success and real-world application of the platform across a number of our largest customers.

This is a highly strategic, customer-facing engineering role focused on building, deploying, and iterating on solutions... not support.

You'll work directly with senior stakeholders (engineering, product, and leadership) to turn ambiguous problems into production-grade systems that influence real decisions.

Why this role:

 * Opportunity to join and work with leading engineers from Anthropic, OpenAI, Palantir and Scale AI.
 * Highly technical role with direct exposure to real-world outcomes
 * Work sits at the intersection of engineering, product, and strategy
 * Genuinely new problem space - no established playbooks
 * High ownership and autonomy from day one

If you're an Software engineer/Full Stack Engineer who wants to move closer to the problem, the customer, and the decision making itself, this is worth a conversation.

Responsibilities:

 * Own the technical relationship for a portfolio of enterprise customers
 * Scope and break down ambiguous, high-impact problems into solvable components
 * Design and build production-grade systems (APIs, data pipelines, integrations)
 * Deploy solutions into real-world workflows that directly influence decision-making
 * Act as a trusted advisor to senior engineers, architects, and executives
 * Translate customer use cases into actionable product and engineering insights
 * Partner closely with Product and Engineering to shape roadmap and capabilities
 * Help define and scale how this technology is applied across industries


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