Forward Deployed Engineer
MarkIT Placements · London, England ·
Lead Forward Deployed Engineer AI / Product / Consulting Location: Hybrid Job Type: Full-time Level: Lead / Principal Individual Contributor The Opportunity We're working with an innovative, global digital health technology business that partners with major organisations across the pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare sectors.
They are looking for a Lead Forward Deployed Engineer who can operate across three disciplines that are often split between different roles: consulting, product leadership and hands-on engineering . You'll work directly with clients to understand complex business and technical challenges, determine what is worth building, and then personally take solutions from idea through to production.
This is not a traditional engineering role where you'll receive a fully defined backlog and focus solely on implementation. You'll be expected to shape the problem, make product decisions, build the solution and own the outcome .
The role would suit an experienced engineer who is operating at the forefront of AI development and is equally comfortable writing production code, challenging a product strategy, presenting to senior stakeholders and working directly with clients.
How You'll Work The role is built around three core areas: Shape Work with business and technical leaders to turn ambiguous problems into clear, valuable and buildable opportunities. You'll: Lead discovery with business and technical stakeholders.
Separate the problem a client describes from the underlying problem they actually need to solve. Structure ambiguity into clear hypotheses, options, trade-offs and recommendations. Develop business cases around value, cost, adoption risk and expected outcomes.
Communicate effectively with both technical and executive audiences. Decide Take ownership of what should be built and what shouldn't. You'll: Translate product discovery into a focused, outcome-driven roadmap. Own scope, priorities, sequencing and trade-offs.
Create clear product documentation including problem briefs, PRDs, user stories and acceptance criteria. Define and track meaningful success metrics. Work closely with UX and design teams to ensure solutions are built around genuine user needs.
Run agile delivery processes, including backlogs, sprints, demos and releases. Continue to own and iterate on products after launch based on user feedback and performance data. Build