Forward Deployed Engineer - Agentic Systems

Forward Deployed Engineer - Agentic Systems

Remote (UK) - Sponsorship is unavailable for this position

MCS Group is working with an ambitious technology business that is investing heavily in AI and looking to bring in an AI engineer who wants to be at the forefront of how the technology is being used in the real world.

A super exciting role for a technologist that is truly passionate about AI, this isn't about adding AI features to an existing product or building another chatbot. It's about designing and building intelligent systems that can take on meaningful work, interact with different tools and data sources, and make a genuine difference to how businesses operate.

We're particularly interested in speaking with engineers who are genuinely excited by AI. Engineers who are constantly experimenting with new tools, testing what's possible and finding better ways to build software.

You don't need to have spent 10 years in engineering or have a senior job title. What matters is what you've built, how you build it and your ability to turn ideas into working solutions.

The Role

The Forward Deployed Engineer will have the opportunity to take real business challenges and develop AI-powered solutions from initial concept through to production.

Working closely with a small, technically focused team, you'll have plenty of freedom to explore different approaches, experiment with emerging technologies and take ownership of what you build.

The Role

• Designing and building agentic AI systems that can perform real tasks and automate complex workflows.
• Developing solutions using LLMs, AI agents and modern development frameworks.
• Integrating AI systems with APIs, databases and existing business applications.
• Taking solutions from prototype through to production, ensuring they're reliable and genuinely useful.
• Experimenting with new AI tools, models and approaches to improve how systems are built.
• Working directly with stakeholders to understand problems and develop practical solutions.
• Monitoring and improving AI systems based on how they perform in real-world environments.

The Person

The business is open-minded about your background and experience. You might be a software engineer who's become increasingly focused on AI, or someone who has already moved into an AI engineering role.

The essentials are:

• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI-powered applications or agentic systems into production. Not side projects or small POCs - you've built solutions that are being used.
• Practical experience working with LLMs, AI APIs and modern AI development tools.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, with the ability to build, integrate and deploy working applications.
• An understanding of how to connect AI with external systems, APIs and business data.
• A genuine interest in the rapidly evolving AI landscape, with evidence that you're actively exploring and applying new technologies.
• A practical, curious mindset and the ability to work through problems without needing everything mapped out in advance.

Experience with technologies such as Python, LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI APIs, Claude or similar tools would be useful, but we're more interested in what you've actually built than a checklist of technologies.

Salary

Up to £130,000 with a package which includes bonus of 25%+

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity, please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided or contact Chris Busby, Associate Director - IT Recruitment, at MCS Group

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