Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer

Staff
CompanyUniphore Technologies North America
LocationUK - London
CategorySoftware Engineering
SeniorityStaff
Workplace-
Posted2026-09-14
Estimated salary£9K - £14K (a market estimate, not the employer's figure)
Viaworkday

Description

Uniphore is the Business AI company. Our sovereign, composable and secure AI platform connects enterprise data, fine-tunes AI models and deploys agentic AI across the enterprise. We empower every worker to boost productivity and help businesses grow faster, operate smarter and reduce costs. Trusted by more than 2,000 businesses globally, and recognized on the Deloitte Fast 500, Uniphore delivers on the promise of AI as a transformative force for business.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Customer Delivery

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Lead   end to end   solution development for multiple high-stakes customer deployments; manage technical strategy, design quality, and roadmaps for Agentic AI rollouts at enterprise scale.

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Primary technical point of contact from integration design through   to   post-deployment optimisation

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Translate ambiguous requirements into structured engineering plans with clear milestones and success criteria

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Customise and extend platform components—APIs, tooling, and bespoke logic

Architecture & Standards

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Architect robust, scalable, and compliant Agentic AI solutions across industries

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Lead multi-agent orchestration, RAG pipelines, and LLM/SLM integration design

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Champion observability, telemetry, and auditable AI standards

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Build and   maintain   reusable frameworks and asset libraries

Team & Product

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Help build and guide  cross-functional  Forward Deployed Engineering teams; coach senior/junior engineers, and cultivate a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation.

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Provide structured product feedback to Platform Engineering on feature gaps and pain points

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Contribute to playbooks, best practices, and technical blog posts

Qualifications

Required

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8–12+ years engineering experience; 3+ years in customer-facing or FDE roles

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Proven   track record   deploying AI/ML or data-intensive applications in production

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Strong full-stack skills: Python, Node.js/Go, React/Vue, SQL, REST/ GraphQL

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DevOps   proficiency : Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and major cloud platforms

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Expertise   in LLMs, Prompt Engineering, Vector DBs, RAG pipelines, and Agentic orchestration frameworks

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Agentic / Integrations : MCP, Salesforce /   SAP / Other

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Excellent communication with both technical and executive stakeholders

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Mentorship capability and collaborative team-first mindset

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BS / MS / PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field

Preferred

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SLM fine-tuning and/or distillation experience

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Hands-on with dedicated Agentic AI platforms (e.g.   Agentforce , Copilot   Studio)

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Knowledge of AI compliance requirements: GDPR, EU AI Act, SOC 2, HIPAA

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Open-source or research contributions to   LangChain , RAG, or Knowledge Graph communities

Location preference:
UK - London

Uniphore is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

For more information on how Uniphore uses AI to unify—and humanize—every enterprise experience, please visit www.uniphore.com.