Role: Forward Deploy Engineer
Contract Length: 6 months
Location: Hybrid/London - flexible when it comes to office attendance, however they encourage the new starter to be present in office more frequently at the beginning of the contract to support in settling in/getting up to speed with the work required
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £700 - £800 per day
Security Clearance: SC requested
Spinwell is recruiting for a Forward Deploy Engineer for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FORWARD DEPLOY ENGINEER
- Develop practical AI products, tools, workflows and technical components for use across Government for the GDD/Cyber profession
- Work with users to understand needs, gather feedback and improve solutions.
- Contribute across the software and AI stack, including frontend, backend, databases, APIs, data pipelines, model integration, LLM workflows and deployment support.
- Support end-to-end delivery, from understanding the problem and building prototypes through to testing, documentation, deployment and iteration.
- Apply user feedback to improve products and ensure solutions are useful, accessible and aligned to operational needs.
- Identify and raise quality, usability, data, security, accessibility or operational risks early.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE FORWARD DEPLOY ENGINEER
- Experience of building, testing and deploying software, data products or technical components in a real-world environment.
- Experience working across parts of the software or AI stack, such as frontend, backend, databases, APIs, data pipelines, model integration or cloud deployment.
- Experience supporting the development of solutions such as LLM workflows, predictive models, automation tools, scheduling tools, data pipelines or user-facing applications.
- Experience across the stack (e.g Python, Wagtail, Typescript etc)
- Experience of Product thinking and UX design skills
- Experience in natural language prompt engineering to build internal and shareable agentic tools.
- Ability to work and adapt in complex or ambiguous organisational contexts.
- Strong collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams.
If you are a Forward Deploy Engineer, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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