Forward Deployed Engineer — Series A-Track Deep Tech Startup
The Opportunity
One of the most exciting early-stage companies in the UK right now is on a mission to eliminate the last great barriers to progress in the physical world. While software has transformed how we communicate, shop, and entertain — industries like aerospace, healthcare, and energy are still being held back by outdated, manual systems. This company is changing that.
They’re building the infrastructure that lets complex, real-world work move at software speed — and they’re looking for builders who want to be at the centre of it.
The Backing
This isn’t a bet — it’s a sure thing in the making. The company recently closed a $4.5M seed round that was 14× oversubscribed, backed by Tier-1 VCs with founding teams from Coinbase, Reddit, Klarna, and Spotify. A Series A is on the immediate horizon. You’ll be joining at the exact right moment — early enough to have genuine equity impact, late enough to know the fundamentals are proven.
The Team
World‑class. Former founding engineers from unicorn companies, and talent from X, Google, Amazon, and Yandex. High standards, high trust, zero politics. This is a team that wants to win — and has the track record to do it.
The Role
This is not a ticket‑taker position. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you are the bridge between customers and product. You will sit with users, decide what should exist, build it end‑to‑end, and put it in their hands — fast.
You’ll own real product surface area from Day 1. That means customer calls in the morning, shipping to production in the afternoon.
What you’ll actually do
- Embed with customers to understand their real workflows — not what they say they want, but what they actually need
- Design and build end‑to‑end user workflows, from UI through to backend logic and data
- Translate messy, real‑world processes into clean, intuitive software
- Integrate AI‑powered features — LLMs, agents, model‑backed APIs — into production workflows
- Write the spec, build it, ship it, own it
What We’re Looking For
Technically
- Strong TypeScript and modern frontend (React or equivalent)
- Backend services in Python
- Production AI integration experience (LLMs, agents, model‑backed APIs)
- Ability to reason about complex workflows — not just CRUD
Culturally
- You want ownership, not a job description
- You’re comfortable with ambiguity and evolving requirements
- You can hold your own on a customer call with non‑technical domain experts
- Founder or ex‑founder background
- Palantir, Ramp, Scale, or similar forward‑deployed / solutions engineering experience
- Fellowship alumni: EF, YC, Antler, or equivalent
- Early‑stage or stealth startup experience
The Deal
- Relocation fully covered — visas, meals, and tools handled
- 996 schedule (San Francisco model) — this is a high‑intensity, high‑reward environment for people who want to build something that matters
- Equity at a pre‑Series A valuation with 14× oversubscribed seed momentum behind it
If you want a 9‑to‑5, this isn’t it. If you want to build something that changes how the physical world operates — and you want to do it with some of the best engineers in the room — let’s talk.
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