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Lead Forward-Deployed AI Engineer
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About this role
Role overview
Lead hands-on delivery of production AI systems for pharmaceutical and life sciences customers in the United States. The role combines customer discovery, technical leadership and implementation of agent-based workflows, working independently onsite while coordinating with engineers and value-focused delivery partners.
Responsibilities - Lead customer discovery and translate operational workflows into scoped projects, technical designs and measurable acceptance criteria. - Build and integrate agentic systems with enterprise data and APIs. - Own evaluation, testing, failure handling and deployment through production and customer acceptance. - Coordinate scope, dependencies and delivery with customer stakeholders and internal engineering and value engineering partners. - Identify and communicate technical risks, resolve blockers and remain accountable for delivery outcomes. - Establish local technical delivery with regular customer-site work and collaboration with a distributed engineering team.
Requirements - Production experience building and owning AI systems using Python, large language models and agentic workflows. - Strong software engineering practice and evidence of measurable business impact. - Ability to lead customer discovery, clarify requirements, address technical blockers and communicate risks with limited supervision. - Experience leading a small engineering team or enterprise delivery workstream from discovery into production while remaining hands-on. - Based within practical reach of a US pharmaceutical hub and willing to work regularly at customer sites.
Nice to have
Experience delivering reliable systems in pharmaceutical, life sciences or other regulated enterprise environments.
Benefits and work setup
The listing mentions 20 days of paid holiday plus public holidays, options to carry over or sell up to five days, share options, referral bonuses and a learning and development budget. The position involves onsite customer work in the United States and collaboration with UK-based engineers.