David Kennedy Recruitment is partnering with a global technology services and consulting organisation, that is seeking to onboard a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer specialising in Agentic AI to join their team in London.
This is a hands-on engineering role combining AI development, enterprise software integration and direct customer engagement. You will design, build, integrate and deploy AI agents and multi-agent systems into production environments, taking ownership of technical delivery from initial discovery through to enterprise rollout.
Position: Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Location: London, UK
Model: Hybrid
Employment type: Full time
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Design and develop production-ready AI agents and multi-agent workflows
Build AI solutions using platforms such as OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google and Microsoft, alongside frameworks such as LangGraph
Integrate AI agents with enterprise applications, APIs, databases, cloud services and internal business systems
Implement retrieval pipelines, automation workflows and agent orchestration
Develop evaluation frameworks, automated testing, monitoring and production safeguards
Troubleshoot AI model, integration, deployment and performance issues
Own technical delivery from discovery and prototyping through production deployment
Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for reliability, security, maintainability and scalability
REQUIREMENTS:
Several years of hands-on software engineering experience using Python, TypeScript, Java or equivalent programming languages
Proven experience developing applications using large language models (LLMs) and AI agents
Hands-on experience with at least one major agentic AI ecosystem, such as OpenAI Agents SDK, Anthropic Claude Agent SDK, Google ADK, Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph or an equivalent framework
Strong understanding of agent orchestration, tool calling, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompting and multi-agent workflows
Experience integrating APIs, databases, enterprise applications and cloud services
Strong software architecture, debugging, testing and integration skills
Ability to translate complex business requirements into practical technical solutions
OFFER:
Competitive annual salary
Hybrid working model based at the client´s London office
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge Agentic AI solutions for enterprise customers
Hands-on involvement in designing, building and deploying production-ready AI agents and multi-agent systems
Opportunity to work with leading AI platforms and technologies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft
Opportunity to take ownership of complex AI projects from initial discovery through to production deployment
And many more!