Forward Deployed Engineers

• Role: Forward Deployed Engineers
• Location: London, UK
• Type: Contract Inside IR35

Job Description:

Overview

Seeking a hands-on AI Native Software Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI-driven systems within enterprise environments. The role focuses on implementing agent-based workflows, integrating AI platforms, and delivering scalable cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities

AI Agent Engineering

• Design and implement AI agents, including:

Retrieval (RAG)

Orchestration workflows

Tool/function invocation

Policy-based routing

• Build evaluation frameworks for accuracy, latency, and reliability
• Implement observability and monitoring for agent life cycle

AI Platform Integration

• Integrate with AI providers (eg, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Vertex, open-source models)
• Build abstraction layers to support multi-model and multi-provider architectures
• Optimize model usage for performance, cost, and latency

Cloud-Native Development

• Develop scalable services using:

Microservices architecture

Containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

Serverless and event-driven patterns

• Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (eg, Terraform, Helm)
• Ensure production readiness, logging, monitoring, and fault tolerance

Application Development

• Build and deploy AI-powered applications aligned to business workflows
• Integrate AI systems into existing enterprise platforms and APIs
• Develop Back End services and APIs supporting agent workflows

Testing & Performance

• Define and execute test strategies for AI systems
• Measure system performance (latency, throughput, accuracy, cost)
• Debug and optimize production systems

Required Skills & Experience

• 8-10+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong experience with cloud-native systems (APIs, microservices, containers, serverless)
• Experience building and deploying AI/LLM-based systems in production (agents, RAG, orchestration)
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or similar Back End languages
• Experience with:

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as code

Monitoring and observability tools

• Hands-on experience with AI platforms (OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI, or similar)

Preferred Experience

• Experience with agent frameworks (eg, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI)
• Experience designing multi-agent or distributed AI systems
• Familiarity with enterprise-scale system integration
• Experience optimizing AI workloads for cost and performance

Scope & Expectations (Contractor-Specific)

• 100% hands-on engineering role (no people management)
• Deliver production-quality code and deployments
• Work within existing architecture and engineering standards
• Collaborate with client and internal engineering teams as needed
• Participate in technical design discussions (implementation-focused)

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.