Forward Deployed Engineer (£150k-£300k + Equity) at Meticulous

Job Title

Forward Deployed Engineer

Salary

£150k-£300k + Equity

Company Description

Meticulous is a hypergrowth AI infrastructure company building foundational technology that makes AI-generated code safe to ship. Backed by the investors behind Twilio and PagerDuty, and founders from Vercel and Datadog, Meticulous is growing 5x year-on-year, serving industry leaders like Notion, ElevenLabs, Discord, and Dropbox from their London headquarters.

Job Description

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Meticulous, you will bridge the gap between core engineering and customer success for the world’s most AI-driven companies. You’ll architect high-scale deployments, debug deep into deterministic browser technology, and own technical relationships with VPs of Engineering, ensuring Meticulous is transformational for every enterprise partner while shaping the product’s future.

Location

London, UK

Why this role is remarkable

• Work with a world-class team of engineers who previously led 100+ person organizations at top-tier tech firms like Google and Meta.
• Gain a unique bird's-eye view of diverse architectures by collaborating directly with engineering leadership at hypergrowth companies like Wiz, Discord, and Notion.
• Join at an early stage to define the FDE function from the ground up, with a clear path into leadership as the team scales.

What You Will Do

• Architect and deploy Meticulous at scale within complex customer environments, pairing with their engineers to ensure seamless integration and performance.
• Deep-dive into core product issues, from debugging deterministic browsers to shipping features that solve specific customer bottlenecks while advancing the general platform.
• Lead technical pilots end-to-end, serving as the primary technical contact for VPs and Staff engineers to drive product scoping and rollout.

The ideal candidate

• Possesses exceptional engineering skills, typically with 3+ years in demanding technical roles, and the ability to write high-performance production code.
• Demonstrates a highly agentic, "founder-energy" mindset with a bias for action and the ability to take full ownership without handholding.
• Has strong communication skills for presenting architectural decisions to executives and a willingness to travel 25% to visit US-based enterprise customers.