Director, Forward Deployed Engineering

Scale AI · London, UK · Enterprise Engineering · listed May 6, 2026

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The shape of it

Seniority
Director
Experience asked
3–10 years
Where
Not stated
Requirements listed
3
Length
1,100 words

In the posting’s own words

We're hiring a Director of Forward Deployed Engineering to oversee delivery for our largest and most strategic accounts. You'll lead a team of elite engineers who embed directly with Fortune 500 customers to ship deeply integrated AI agents—owning everything from agent design and evaluation to the backend services, data systems, and cloud infrastructure that make them production-ready. You'll partner closely with our Forward Deployed and Product teams to make sure we're shipping as efficiently as possible, turning hard-won field lessons into reusable platform capabilities that compound our velocity over time.

What it asks for · 3

  • Proven ability to scale a delivery team. You've built hiring bars, onboarding programs, and operating standards for technical organizations, and you've interviewed and hired at volume for senior engineering roles.
  • Hands-on fluency with the full AI stack. Deep familiarity with LLMs and agent systems, evaluation frameworks, backend and API design (Python or TypeScript), data systems (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, or similar), and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) including Kubernetes, Docker, and IaC tooling.
  • A track record of turning field work into product leverage. You've codified repeatable patterns from customer engagements into tools, libraries, or platform features that scaled across the next wave of deployments.

Tools and skills named

Cloud & infra
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Docker
  • GCP
  • Kubernetes
  • Observability
Data
  • Data pipelines
  • DynamoDB
  • MongoDB
  • PostgreSQL
Languages
  • Python
  • TypeScript
Models & research
  • Evaluations
  • LLM
Product & design
  • Roadmap2×
Security & compliance
  • Security2×
Go to market
  • Customer success
Ways of working
  • Cross-functional

Words the posting leans on

  • engineering10×
  • customer9×
  • product8×
  • forward deployed7×
  • technical7×
  • delivery6×
  • platform6×
  • production6×
  • ship6×
  • systems6×
  • agents5×
  • enterprise5×
  • evaluation5×
  • outcomes5×
  • bar4×
  • data4×

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