Indicium AI - Director Forward Deployed AI Engineering EMEA
Requirements
• 8+ years in technical roles with at least 3 years leading engineering or delivery teams - in forward deployed engineering, technical consulting, applied AI, or solutions architecture • Production experience building AI applications including agentic systems, multi-agent orchestration, advanced RAG, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale in regulated enterprise environments • A track record of building teams from early stage - hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers, not just inheriting an existing organisation • Experience working directly with enterprise clients on technical implementations, including comfort navigating complex organisational dynamics, procurement, compliance, and resistant stakeholders • Executive presence - you can hold your own in a C-suite conversation and translate technical complexity into clear narratives for diverse audiences • Strong Python proficiency and genuine comfort with production code - you are a builder at heart • Vertical depth in at least one of Financial Services, Energy, or Healthcare • High agency and comfort with ambiguity - you have built something from zero before and know what it takes • Former technical founder or CTO - you have built products and teams under commercial pressure and client scrutiny • Experience with MCP server development, tool ecosystem integration, and enterprise agent deployment patterns • Experience working alongside or within partner ecosystems such as Anthropic, or AWS at a senior level • External presence - writing, speaking, or thought leadership in the AI Engineering space • Experience in a Palantir, Anthropic, DeepMind, or similar forward-deployed engineering model
Responsibilities
• Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers - setting a high bar for technical talent, client instincts, and delivery quality • Own the technical and operational bar for AI engineering engagements - reviewing SOWs, shaping architecture on complex deployments, and ensuring your team ships production-grade systems • Build the playbooks and repeatable patterns that turn one-off successes into a scalable , long term customer engagements • Manage hands-on technical delivery in enterprise - you are comfortable moving fluidly between strategic conversations with C-suite stakeholders and debugging sessions with your engineers • Develop vertical fluency across the team in Financial Services, Energy, and Healthcare - ensuring credibility with domain-expert clients • Partner with Sales to shape pipeline, scope engagements, and identify expansion opportunities within existing accounts • Work alongside Anthropic field teams on joint engagements - representing Indicium AI at the highest level and influencing partner product direction through field insights • Provide technical mentorship, conduct regular 1:1s, and invest in the career growth of each team member • Drive knowledge sharing and raise the bar for the practice through codified patterns, internal training, and a culture of engineering excellence
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