Principal Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineer

📋 Description

• Work directly with teams to understand the outcomes they need to achieve.
• Identify where technology can create the most leverage and turn ideas into working solutions.
• Build and demonstrate capabilities, often ahead of wider adoption.
• Work alongside technical teams, transferring knowledge so they can continue independently.
• Feed reusable patterns, lessons and platform improvements back into the wider engineering team.
• Act as a trusted technical partner, challenging assumptions and making pragmatic decisions.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong engineering fundamentals and architectural judgement.
• Experience building production systems across areas such as backend, cloud, data, web or AI.
• Strong awareness of modern AI capabilities and the ability to turn them into practical outcomes.
• A hands-on approach — you still want to build, review and get into the detail.
• Excellent communication and consulting skills, with the ability to work with both engineers and
• A pragmatic, outcome-focused mindset. You care more about solving the right problem than building

🎁 Benefits

• Flexible working, including hybrid and remote options.
• Office hubs located in Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, London and Bulgaria.
• Flexibility over rigid rules, impact over activity, and real investment in your growth both
• Supportive and friendly culture.
• Trust to manage your own time balancing collaboration with client time and focused work.