Deployment Lead

Role Overview Dialpad is looking for a Forward Deployment Engineer based in London, UK. This role focuses on delivering smooth integration of Dialpad’s communication software for customers. Collaboration with engineering and product teams is central, as is deploying and tuning software in different environments to maintain strong performance and reliability. What You Will Do Work hands-on to implement and optimize Dialpad’s solutions for client deployments Coordinate with engineering and product groups to address technical challenges Monitor and improve software performance and reliability in customer settings Who Will Succeed Enjoys tackling technical problems and finding practical solutions Has a strong interest in technology and software integration Wants to make a direct impact on client success and efficiency

About Our TeamAt OpenAI, our Recruiting team is the essential link connecting talented individuals with our mission-driven organization. We pride ourselves on a thoughtful, relationship-first approach to hiring, partnering closely with various teams to discover, engage, and support the exceptional people who will shape the future of artificial intelligence. Our commitment is to develop safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) that benefits all humanity.The Recruiting team plays a pivotal role in this mission, focusing on identifying and attracting remarkable individuals who resonate with OpenAI's core values and cultural aspirations. We strive to set a benchmark for excellence and innovation in recruitment, aligning outstanding candidates with opportunities that will significantly impact the future of AI.About the RoleWe are in search of a skilled Sourcer to enhance our talent outreach and strategy for the Forward Deployed Engineering team. You will be integrated into the broader FDE recruitment pod, collaborating with FDE recruiters, other sourcers, coordinators, and business leaders within Forward Deployed.This position presents a unique opportunity for someone with extensive experience in sourcing for go-to-market (GTM) roles and managing the initial stages of the candidate funnel. As a GTM Sourcer, you will build strong relationships with hiring managers across the GTM sector, identify and engage top talent in their respective domains, and work alongside our recruiters and leaders to optimize the teams.Key Responsibilities:Collaborate with hiring managers in the Forward Deployed Engineering team to refine recruiting processes and create tailored sourcing strategies.Conduct highly targeted searches to deliver precise candidate profiles.Develop engaging outreach strategies to attract even the most passive candidates.Build and maintain long-term relationships with high-priority candidates through talent research and mapping.Serve as the primary contact for candidates from initial outreach through to the onsite interview stage, ensuring a remarkable candidate experience.Employ innovative and creative methods to discover talent through events, talks, and more.Maintain a highly organized, data-driven approach to candidate tracking and pipeline health.Represent OpenAI and engage with candidates at industry conferences and events.

About the TeamThe Forward Deployed Engineering team at OpenAI collaborates closely with clients to transform groundbreaking research into effective production systems. We work at the crucial intersection of customer engagement and core platform innovation.About the RoleAs a Technical Deployment Lead (TDL), you will play a vital role in shaping OpenAI's approach to delivering sophisticated systems to our customers. You will oversee the entire process—from development and shipping to user adoption. Your expertise will help translate business objectives into actionable technical plans, manage daily operations across various teams including FDEs, Researchers, and Customer Engineers, and collaborate with client teams to ensure that our solutions align with their strategic goals.While this position does not involve direct management, you will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of projects. This includes immersing yourself in customer workflows, defining success criteria, ensuring timely component delivery, and facilitating readiness and change management for seamless adoption. You will monitor project progress, manage dependencies, make key sequencing decisions, and drive prototypes from inception to MVP and scaling. Additionally, you will share insights from the field with our Product and Research teams to inform our roadmap and priorities.Success in this role is measured primarily by the impact of your deployments—ensuring they deliver significant value to customers, drive adoption, and integrate seamlessly into their operations. Other key performance metrics include delivery reliability (adhering to milestones, minimizing reopen/churn), operational efficiency (reusing patterns across deployments), judgment under pressure, and the influence on product direction based on field feedback.This is a role that demands high levels of trust and autonomy. Achieving success will require deep expertise in technical project management, a strong sense of ownership over outcomes, and the ability to engage deeply with customer workflows to tackle complex engineering challenges swiftly.In this role, you will:Own the technical delivery plan for multiple interrelated workstreams, translating business goals into a structured roadmap complete with milestones, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.Manage daily engineering execution. Ensure that projects progress smoothly across OpenAI FDE and customer teams, keeping workflows unblocked and properly sequenced. Make real-time adjustments to scope and priority to maintain the critical path.Work closely with customer teams to facilitate production deployments and encourage user adoption.

Position OverviewJoin our dynamic team at Condukt as a Forward Deployed Engineer, where you will play a pivotal role in collaborating with our clients to design, implement, and enhance mission-critical solutions utilizing our platform. As a key technical liaison, you'll transform intricate operational challenges into streamlined, scalable solutions, effectively combining your technical acumen with hands-on customer engagement.This position is perfect for engineers who are passionate about resolving genuine customer issues, excel in uncertain environments, and enjoy interdisciplinary collaboration across product, engineering, and market teams. Your insights will be instrumental in guiding customer adoption and scaling of our technology, while also influencing our product roadmap.If the prospect of building, deploying, and optimizing solutions in partnership with leading financial institutions and fintech companies excites you, we want to hear from you!What You'll DoCollaborate with clients to thoroughly understand their use cases, data requirements, and integration points, translating these into precise technical plans using Condukt, and guide them through the adoption of the solutions you develop.Oversee the complete configuration and deployment of our technology, engaging with our products and customer tech ecosystems via public APIs.Lead the technical design, development, and construction of bespoke tools tailored to meet specific customer project objectives, extending our core capabilities and interfacing with external systems effectively.Deliver expert troubleshooting, debugging, and performance optimization for implemented solutions to guarantee stability and efficiency.Work in tandem with engineering, product, and go-to-market teams to prioritize feedback, influence product direction, and ensure timely delivery.

YOUR MISSION: As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (f/m/d) at Parloa, you will play a pivotal role in driving the adoption of cutting-edge enterprise AI technology. Your mission is to lead comprehensive deployment projects, focusing not only on implementing existing solutions but also on crafting innovative engineering strategies that ensure success at an enterprise level. As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will be our in-field product engineer, tasked with creating solutions that have yet to be developed. You will adapt architectures to meet the unique realities of enterprise environments and engineer integrations across various systems and APIs to facilitate successful deployments. This hands-on role requires a coding-first approach, as you will actively build, debug, and engineer solutions directly in the field. Your contributions will not only drive deployment success but will also shape the customer experience with Parloa and influence the evolution of our product. Your focus will not be on maintenance; instead, you will be engineering what is necessary for success in production, adhering to real-world enterprise constraints, and delivering results at speed and scale. IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL: Own deployment engineering projects: Lead the technical execution, including product engineering, of Parloa’s deployments within large, complex enterprise environments. Design for scale and resilience: Architect deployment solutions that fulfill enterprise-grade requirements for performance, reliability, and security. Engineer solutions where none exist: Develop custom extensions, integrations, and configurations to address product gaps and meet enterprise demands. Work across systems & stacks: Collaborate at the intersection of backend engineering, DevOps, and data engineering to ensure seamless delivery. Partner with enterprise teams: Collaborate directly with customer engineering organizations to navigate constraints and deliver measurable outcomes. Guide and mentor others: Provide technical guidance and support to junior in-field engineers. Influence at senior levels: Engage with enterprise architects and senior technical stakeholders to discuss solutions and architectures in depth, ensuring alignment and credibility. Debug under pressure: Quickly resolve issues in mission-critical environments to ensure customer success. Shape the product: Serve as the feedback loop between the field and our core engineering teams, converting deployment insights into platform improvements.

At Meter, our mission is to revolutionize internet infrastructure by ensuring our network deployments are meticulously designed for optimal performance and scalability. As a Deployment Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in transforming customer requirements into comprehensive wired and wireless network designs utilizing Meter's proprietary tools. You will spearhead technical decisions throughout the design and deployment processes, while also supporting our clients during the network activation and validation stages. Your expertise will significantly enhance the efficiency of our deployments and elevate customer satisfaction, enabling Meter to expand and meet the increasing demand for dependable internet solutions.Your Contributions Will Include:Crafting high-performance and resilient network designs: Develop innovative wireless and wired network architectures using Meter’s specialized toolkit.Guiding essential technical decisions: Lead critical network-related decisions during both design and deployment phases until the network is fully operational and validated.Facilitating network activation: Troubleshoot and support critical devices and network operations during the activation phase to ensure a seamless customer experience.Assisting with On-site Installations: Travel to complex client locations as necessary to support successful installation and validation efforts.Collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams: Partner closely with Deployment Project Managers, Sales Engineers, and Product Engineering to innovate the next generation of Meter’s deployment and networking products.Why Join Meter?In a world where the internet powers our daily lives—from emails and online shopping to video calls—traditional networks have remained unchanged for decades, often being fragile and convoluted. At Meter, we are committed to building superior networks from the ground up. Our team has engineered everything from enterprise-grade hardware to intuitive software and streamlined operations, all aimed at delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients. Today, we deploy these advanced networks at scale, serving reputable organizations such as Bridgewater, Lyft, and Reddit, ensuring their teams remain connected and productive.Our vision at Meter is straightforward: we anticipate that the use of the internet will only increase. We are confident that our cutting-edge networking stack is poised to facilitate this growth, making internet usage as seamless and reliable as utilities.

Supported by visionary investors such as Sequoia Capital, Magentic is at the forefront of AI innovation, combining elite engineering talent from OpenAI, Meta, and AWS with procurement specialists from McKinsey & Company and ABInBev.We are in search of exceptional Forward Deployed Engineers to enhance our team at Magentic. Our mission is to redefine the AI landscape with cutting-edge agentic systems capable of overseeing entire workflows, focusing on the lucrative $3 trillion market within supply chains and procurement.Our goal is to fortify global manufacturing supply chains against the uncertainties of the modern world while leveraging the transformative power of generative AI, ensuring ethical deployment and safety at the forefront of our efforts.Your RoleAs a Forward-Deployed Engineer, you will play a vital role at the nexus of product design, engineering, and customer success. You will work closely with client teams to diagnose their challenges and harness their data, empowering our product engineers to create impactful features. Your insights will be pivotal in developing solutions and proposing innovative features for our enterprise clients while you enhance your AI skills in a pioneering AI-centric environment.Key ResponsibilitiesEstablish strong connections with our key clients—renowned names in the manufacturing sector.Analyze extensive, unstructured data sets—identify hidden value for our customers and assist in configuring our product to highlight these insights.Engage directly with executives and operators—facilitate brainstorming sessions, transform vague requirements into actionable specifications, demonstrate our product, and provide user training.Influence our product roadmap—collect feedback from customers to prioritize new features and product developments.

Polaron, a pioneering spin-out from Imperial College London, was founded by Dr. Isaac Squires, Dr. Steve Kench, and Dr. Sam Cooper. Our mission is to leverage engineering, artificial intelligence, and materials science to create the next generation of materials that will shape the future.We aspire to lead at the intersection of AI and materials science, merging scientific rigor with practical engineering to foster sustainable, high-performance materials. Our work addresses not just intellectual challenges but the immediate and significant impact of advancing material technologies. From powering electric vehicles with cutting-edge batteries to optimizing alloys for turbines and reducing aircraft weight with innovative composites, our contributions are vital to contemporary life.By accelerating the development, design, and manufacture of these materials, we enhance the global capacity to cultivate a sustainable future.We are in the process of developing a cloud-based SaaS platform that enables materials engineers to seamlessly utilize advanced image-based AI, facilitating insightful analysis and rapid innovation with ease.Key Highlights:A dynamic team of 12, rapidly expanding.Located in East London (Shoreditch Exchange, Hoxton).Supported by groundbreaking research and robust industry partnerships.What We Are Creating:At Polaron, we are crafting state-of-the-art tools that empower materials scientists and manufacturers to utilize advanced AI vision models directly from their web browsers.Our application features:A data-intensive visual interface for exploring, interacting with, and analyzing complex datasets (including high-resolution image data) in a browser optimized for performance and scalability.Interactive visualization and analysis tools that integrate 2D, 3D, and graphical data representation.A computational orchestration layer that seamlessly connects user experiences with machine learning models, enabling sophisticated analyses and simulations.Scalable AI infrastructure for training, serving, and executing complex machine learning workflows across distributed environments.Why We Are Hiring:We are entering a phase of rapid product adoption and platform scaling, with our technology being deployed in real-world research settings.

Role Overview Databricks is looking for a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer based in London, United Kingdom. This role focuses on connecting Databricks technology with customer goals, helping organizations get the most from the Databricks platform. What You Will Do Guide customers through integration and deployment of Databricks solutions Work with internal teams to spot areas for improvement in customer projects Support clients as they adopt and scale Databricks technology Contribute technical expertise to ensure customer success Collaboration This position involves close collaboration with product, engineering, and customer teams. The goal is to identify needs, solve problems, and help customers realize value from Databricks products.

About Chalk Chalk is revolutionizing the data platform landscape to empower the next generation of machine learning applications. We simplify complex processes, eliminate latency, and scale challenges that have historically limited ML potential. Our platform offers Rust-speed performance combined with user-friendly tools that developers appreciate. Leading organizations trust Chalk to tackle a variety of challenges, from preventing fraudulent credit card transactions to identity verification and optimizing clean energy capture. Recently, we secured a $50 million Series A funding round, spearheaded by Felicis. About the Role As a talented software engineer, you will craft tailored technical solutions and collaborate with machine learning teams to enhance Chalk’s proprietary infrastructure. You will engage with Chalk’s clients to develop streamlined feature pipelines addressing challenges in healthcare, finance, and recommendation systems. This role provides a unique opportunity to work directly with clients, gathering requirements and engineering solutions for applications such as cancer detection, fraud prevention, and product recommendations. Join us in-person as an early team member and make a meaningful impact at a rapidly growing startup. Responsibilities Develop and implement Chalk technology for our customers and prospects, familiarizing yourself with Chalk's infrastructure to optimize integration across various environments. Collaborate closely with our Engineering and Sales teams. Serve as the primary technical contact for clients during pre-sales and post-sales phases, especially during onboarding and ongoing support. Advise clients on new products as their business needs evolve. Participate in interviewing and expanding the Engineering team. Qualifications Strong technical foundation with experience in software development or building machine learning models. Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in backend software engineering. Proficiency in Python and SQL. Demonstrated ability to work effectively within teams comprising both technical and non-technical members. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, along with strong problem-solving, storytelling, and analytical capabilities.

Coder is seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in London to help clients get the most from our technology. This role centers on adapting and deploying our software in diverse environments, working alongside teams from different disciplines to meet each customer’s needs. What you will do Collaborate with cross-functional teams to customize and implement Coder’s solutions for clients Deploy software in a range of customer settings, ensuring reliable performance Offer technical guidance and support throughout the deployment process What we look for Experience working with software deployments and optimizing systems Strong communication skills for working with both technical and non-technical teams Ability to adapt solutions to fit unique client requirements This position is based in London and focuses on delivering results for clients through hands-on technical work and collaboration.

Join Us as a Forward Deployed Software EngineerAt Ameba, we are revolutionizing traditional industries with innovative software solutions. This is an exceptional chance to engage directly with customers, developing groundbreaking software that transforms the supply chain narrative—from raw materials to finished products. If the intricacies of supply chains intrigue you, we invite you to be part of this journey!Our startup is powered by seasoned entrepreneurs who have successfully raised over $160 million and a dynamic team of builders from top tech companies like Meta, Palantir, Microsoft, and UnlikelyAI. With robust backing from prominent investors in Europe, we have secured over $9 million in funding since our inception just over a year ago.Role OverviewAs a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you will work directly with our key clients, tackling complex challenges and delivering production-ready software solutions in a matter of days. This is not a conventional back-office position; you will be on the front lines with high-tech manufacturers and global fashion leaders, analyzing workflows, identifying enhancement opportunities, and swiftly creating tools that enhance operational efficiency.You will engage with the entire technology stack: developing backend applications in Kotlin, designing user interfaces with React/TypeScript, managing infrastructure deployments on AWS, and fine-tuning machine learning agents. You will enjoy complete autonomy in taking ideas from inception to deployment and will collaborate closely with our CTO and engineering team to ensure successful Ameba deployments.Life at AmebaWe offer competitive salaries and generous equity packages to recognize our talented team members. Our focus is on building a small, highly skilled team, and we aim to reward their contributions accordingly.Enjoy collaborative office work five days a week, fostering high-quality interactions. We offer flexibility for remote work as needed, but our priority during this growth phase is to cultivate a strong in-office culture.We provide 28 vacation days annually and a complete shutdown over the holiday season for two weeks, allowing our team to recharge.We offer four months of maternity and paternity leave at 100% pay to support our employees during significant life events.

Join Anthropic as a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) on our Applied AI team, where you'll engage directly with strategic customers to drive transformative AI adoption. You'll collaborate closely with client teams to deliver advanced AI applications that address real-world business challenges while ensuring safety and reliability. As a founding member of our FDE team, you'll operate autonomously, thrive in dynamic environments, and represent Anthropic's mission at the highest level. Your role will involve building production applications using Claude models, delivering technical artifacts, and providing premium deployment support in enterprise settings. You'll maintain an up-to-date knowledge of AI developments and cultivate long-term relationships with customers to identify new deployment opportunities.

Scope is changing how regulations are managed in the physical world by streamlining the way inspectors document and report standards. Manual documentation often slows down critical processes, and Scope’s technology aims to make field data collection, decision-making, and reporting much more efficient. The company is building a comprehensive dataset on the state of the built environment and the expert decisions that shape it. With rapid revenue growth and a client base that includes major industry leaders like AstraZeneca and SpaceX, Scope is positioned for further expansion. The team brings together talent from top universities and leading firms, and has secured $4 million in seed funding, with a Series A round approaching. Role overview The Forward Deployed Engineer role offers end-to-end ownership of technical challenges. Rather than working from a fixed task list, this position involves engaging directly with users to identify needs, setting priorities, designing and implementing solutions, and assessing their impact. The work is hands-on and often takes place in client environments. Client interaction and travel About a quarter of the time will be spent onsite with clients, which may include chemical plants and industrial facilities across Europe, the US, and Singapore. When not traveling, the role is based in Scope’s Farringdon office in London, where in-person collaboration is valued for its impact on problem-solving and team culture. What you will do Work alongside inspectors in factories and chemical plants to understand and improve their workflows. Partner with clients to address operational challenges, implement new solutions, and support successful rollouts. Develop and refine client-facing features, including data migrations and workflow optimizations. This position is suited to those who want to help shape the next generation of inspection software in a rapidly evolving, AI-driven landscape.

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Databricks, you will play a critical role in deploying our cutting-edge data analytics solutions to our clients. You will work closely with customers, providing technical expertise and support to ensure successful implementation and utilization of our platform. Your role will involve collaborating with various teams to address complex customer challenges, enhance user experience, and drive product adoption.

As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer at ifs1 in London, the focus is on working closely with clients to deliver tailored AI solutions that drive real results. This role adapts ifs1’s products to meet unique client needs, drawing on a solid background in artificial intelligence and strong analytical skills. Key Responsibilities Work directly with clients to identify and understand their operational challenges. Deploy and configure AI-driven products for practical, real-world applications. Customize solutions to align with specific client goals and requirements. Use AI expertise to address and solve business problems. Location This position is based in London.

At Intercom, we are pioneering the future of customer service with our cutting-edge AI technology. Our mission is to empower businesses to deliver exceptional customer experiences.Our advanced AI agent, Fin, is the most sophisticated customer service AI available, enabling businesses to provide seamless, around-the-clock support. It can be integrated with our Helpdesk to create the Intercom Customer Service Suite, a comprehensive solution for handling more intricate customer inquiries that necessitate human intervention.Established in 2011 and trusted by nearly 30,000 businesses worldwide, Intercom is redefining the customer service landscape. Guided by our core principles, we are committed to pushing boundaries, fostering innovation, and delivering outstanding value to our customers.What’s the Opportunity?Recently, we have seen a surge in demand for software engineers dedicated to working alongside our most strategic clients, helping to align their business objectives with our AI Agent for Customer Service, Fin.As a Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, you will collaborate directly with these clients and our Go-To-Market team to thoroughly understand their use cases. You will design, develop, and implement tailored solutions, operating with a high degree of autonomy and being entrusted to set direction, take ownership of outcomes, and represent Intercom in high-stakes customer interactions. Your contributions will be vital in transforming how our clients scale their support operations, resulting in significant business impact.Additionally, you will lead by example, serving as a cross-functional force multiplier who influences product direction through field insights and helps define the essence of Forward Deployed Engineering at Intercom.If you seek a role that offers ownership, creativity, and the opportunity to guide R&D and Go-To-Market teams in a dynamic environment, this position is for you.

About Our TeamAt OpenAI, our Forward Deployed Engineering team collaborates closely with clients to transform groundbreaking research into robust production systems. We function at the pivotal intersection of customer delivery and core platform innovation.About the RoleAs a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you will spearhead intricate, end-to-end deployments of cutting-edge models in collaboration with our most pivotal clients. You will be responsible for the entire process from discovery and technical scoping to system design, construction, and production rollout, working hand-in-hand with client engineering and domain teams.Your success will be measured through the adoption of production systems, tangible workflow improvements, and evaluation-driven feedback that shapes product and model development. You'll engage closely with our Product, Research, Partnerships, GRC, Security, and GTM teams.This opportunity is based in London, utilizing a hybrid work model of three days in the office each week. We provide relocation assistance and require travel of up to 50%.Your ResponsibilitiesLead technical delivery across multiple deployments, from initial prototype to stable production.Develop full-stack systems that deliver significant customer value and enhance our learning processes.Work closely with client teams, understanding their requirements, and driving the adoption of the solutions you create.Plan tasks, prioritize delivery, and proactively eliminate obstacles.Balance trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality; adapt plans to safeguard timely delivery.Contribute directly to code when necessary for progress or clarity.Document effective working practices in tools, playbooks, or reusable components for team use.Provide feedback from the field to assist Research and Product in identifying model strengths and areas for enhancement.Ensure teams remain aligned and productive through clear communication and follow-through.Ideal Candidate ProfilePossess 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, including customer-facing roles.Demonstrated ability to scope and deliver complex systems in dynamic or ambiguous environments.Proficient in writing and reviewing production-grade code across frontend and backend technologies, including Python and JavaScript.

Join Airtable as a Forward Deployed Engineer, where you will be pivotal in deploying our innovative solutions throughout the EMEA region. This role requires a blend of technical expertise and problem-solving skills, as you will work closely with our clients to tailor our platform to their unique needs. Your contributions will directly impact our clients' success and drive their engagement with Airtable's powerful features.