Forward Deployed Backend & Production Engineer

Project info: We are seeking a production-focused Forward Deployed Engineer — Backend & Production. This is a backend-leaning role built around the modern paradigm of AI-assisted engineering combined with senior-level technical ownership. You will not be writing every line of code manually; instead, you will command specialized AI "Skill Agents" (autonomous coding assistants) to rapidly build, harden, and ship full-stack applications to production—owning the deployment, security, and integration plumbing end to end. Working alongside an AI Solutions Architect, you will act as the technical anchor for high-impact efficiency builds across a diverse portfolio of companies in hyper-compressed 4–6 week cycles. Beyond orchestrating AI agents, you will personally own what ships to production—from the database migration to the deploy pipeline to the incident runbook. Key responsibilities: • Production Ownership: Take end-to-end responsibility for shipping to production—database migrations, zero-downtime deploys, rollback procedures, and incident response. You carry the pager and write the runbooks. • Agent-Assisted Full-Stack Builds: Command and collaborate with AI Skill Agents to rapidly generate full-stack features, then refine them into robust, maintainable production code. • Security Leadership: Own the security posture of everything you ship—OWASP fluency, secrets management, input validation, and auth/authz done correctly by default. • AI-Native Code Review: Act as the technical editor for AI-generated code. You catch the specific failure modes that LLMs introduce before they ever reach production. • Integration Plumbing: Build and maintain the connective tissue between systems and services, ensuring reliable, observable data flow across the stack. Requirements: • Senior/Team Lead Background: 8–12+ years of experience at a Senior Developer or Technical Team Lead level. You have a deep understanding of software architecture, technical debt, and what "production-ready" truly means. • Production Discipline: A "zero-downtime" mindset. You know how to implement robust logging, secrets management, and containerization (Docker, Serverless) to safeguard brittle AI-generated code. • Security Depth: OWASP fluency, secure handling of secrets and sensitive data, rigorous input validation, and confident auth/authz implementation. • AI-First Engineering Mindset: Proven experience deeply integrating AI into your daily development workflow. You treat AI Skill Agents (like Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Devin, or custom LLM scripts) as your junior developers. • AI-Native Code-Review Fluency: You understand the common failure modes of LLM-generated code and can review, refactor, and harden it to enterprise standards. • Backend & Full-Stack Expertise: Strong foundational knowledge of backend orchestration (Python, Node.js), API development (REST/GraphQL), and the deployment plumbing that ties systems together. • Ownership Without Handoffs: You own your work from commit to production and beyond—pager, runbooks, and incident response included. • US Time Zone Alignment: Ability to work core business hours in the US Eastern Time Zone (New York) to ensure seamless real-time collaboration with US-based clients and the internal team. • Open to travel ~70% Benefits: 28 working days of holiday (includes bank holidays)Healthcare policy that includes family (spouse, kids), fully paid by the companyDiscounted gym membership via VitalitySubscriptions via Pluxee to help with the cost of livingPrivate pension schemeSalary exchange scheme to support the private pension scheme