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Forward Deployed Engineer
Algosoup is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead client-facing AI software projects from idea to product.
Algosoup is a forward-deployed AI-native engineering agency. We embed pods inside client businesses and ship production software. Founded in May 2026, we are already at $350k+ ARR. Current clients include a $100M+ quant trading firm and two venture-backed startups, with more on the waitlist.
We build whatever creates real leverage for the client: products, internal systems, workflow infrastructure, integrations, automations, MVPs, and entirely new ventures inside existing companies.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you are the person who leads a project to make a system work in a real environment. You are both the builder and the communicator. You continuously scope the problem with your pod’s client, ship working versions, and grow the product toward the client’s vision. You own the outcome, not just the task.
This is a full-time contract role. We work remote-first, but you must be within commutable distance of London.
What you’ll do
- Embed your pod inside a client organisation as the technical lead for a project
- Own the full delivery cycle from ambiguous brief to running system
- Architect, build, and ship production software across the full stack
- Work directly with founders, operators, and senior stakeholders who are often not engineers
- Turn vague business problems into scoped, shippable products and systems
- Identify where technology creates real leverage in a client’s business
- Use frontier AI models and modern tooling to move faster, think better, and ship more
- Continuously iterate based on real users, client feedback, and production constraints
- Move fast without hiding behind tickets, specs, or process
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Who you are
- An AI-native developer: you instinctively reach for frontier models, know their limits, and use them to operate at maximum leverage
- Obsessive builder: you ship constantly and build for fun
- High agency, fast learner, strong technical taste
- Comfortable being the only technical person in the room with non-technical stakeholders
- Commercially aware: you care about whether what you build actually matters to the client’s business
- Clear communicator who can lead a client through ambiguity
- Async-first and self-directed: you do not need a detailed spec to start moving
What you’ll need
- A strong technical background: comfortable with software engineering across the full A–Z, from architecture to deployment
- Evidence of exceptional building: a software product, model, consultancy, startup, side project, or system with real users
- Excellent communication: able to engage with clients and their needs from start to finish
- Ability to work full-time on a contract basis
- Ability to work remote and on-site with clients while being within commutable distance of London
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Major pluses
- You have acted as the technical lead, sole engineer, or primary builder on a project
- You have built something entrepreneurial: a product, startup, consultancy, tool, model, automation, or side project with real users
- You have worked directly with founders, clients, or senior non-technical stakeholders
- You have used AI to materially increase your speed or leverage as a builder
- You have experience taking something from zero to one
You are probably not a fit if
- You are not comfortable working directly with clients
- You have not shipped software into real usage
- You are not within commutable distance of London
- You require employment visa sponsorship
- You are only available part-time
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