Forward Deployed Engineer (Ref: 196728)

Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Ref: )

This is not a traditional SWE role. You’ll work in small teams with minimal supervision. You'll write production code, but you'll also be in client workshops, documenting and describing processes, workflows and translating what an actuary/pensions administrator/core function team needs into a shipped product.

• Embed with business teams to understand workflows end-to-end across all business areas
• Own end to end delivery: scope the work with team stakeholders, build it, test it against their data, and see it through to live running
• Use AI tools such as Claude Code, Open AI Codex, AI enabled IDEs to deliver solutions rapidly into the business
• Build bespoke integrations, data pipelines, and user-facing tools
• Feed learnings from the field back into our core product, shaping the roadmap with first-hand evidence

Job Requirements

Essential Experience and attributes:

• Engineering background, preferably in the Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, and Data Science fields.
• Demonstrable ability and a track record of combining your skills with AI toolchains to build complete production systems
• Comfortable working solo, directly with non-technical stakeholders and translating ambiguous business problems into concrete technical work
• An eagerness to solve technical problems with data structures, storage systems, cloud infrastructure, UX frameworks and tools
• A comprehensive understanding of the current AI landscape, both open source and proprietary
• Prior exposure to UK pensions, or to another heavily regulated industry (insurance, banking, healthcare, utilities)
• Exposure to Azure in a regulated-industry context, including familiarity with data residency and security controls
• Demonstrable AI related self-built projects / GitHub use and commit history

We offer an attractive reward package, typical benefits can include:

• Competitive salary including participation in Discretionary Bonus Scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Pension Plan
• Flexible Benefits Scheme to support you in and out of work, helping you look after you and your family covering Security & Protection, Health & Wellbeing, Lifestyle