Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

Salary: £65,000 - 105,000 per year

Requirements:

• Typically 7+ years deploying complex data and AI solutions inside large enterprises.
• Lead-level Palantir (Foundry / AIP) experience strongly preferred, or an equivalent enterprise data platform background.
• Strong hands-on Python, PySpark and SQL. This is a building role, not an advisory one.
• A track record of owning engagements end to end rather than delivering a defined slice of someone elses plan.
• Genuine credibility with senior stakeholders, comfortable challenging and influencing at executive level.
• Experience mentoring engineers and setting delivery standards.
• The temperament for ambiguity, speed and high autonomy. This is a startup, not a programme office.

Responsibilities:

• Own the hardest enterprise deployments end to end, from discovery through to live systems running in production.
• Run discovery with senior stakeholders, shape scope, and translate ambiguous strategic problems into technical delivery plans.
• Build data integrations and pipelines using PySpark, Python and SQL, working with complex internal and third-party datasets.
• Design and implement AIP and workflow-driven solutions that put the platform deep into the customers operations.
• Be the senior technical voice in the room with executive stakeholders, and the person the customer trusts when something is hard.
• Set the standard for how the business deploys, raising delivery quality and mentoring engineers around you.
• Feed the field back into the product, turning what you learn on the front line into what gets built next.

Technologies:

• AI
• Python
• PySpark
• SQL
• Support

More:

We are a fast-growing enterprise AI business transforming how large organisations make data-driven decisions. Our platform integrates complex internal and external datasets into a single environment, helping businesses strengthen long-term strategies through clear, actionable insight. We are backed by top-tier investors and already trusted by Fortune 500 industrial leaders. This is a London hybrid role with visa sponsorship available for the right person, competitive base salary plus stock options, direct access to the founder, and the chance to help shape a category-defining product at an early stage. We also have a committed net-zero pledge and a team that takes it seriously.

last updated 35 week of 2026