Principal Forward Deployed Engineer

We’re seeking an exceptional AI technical leader who can immediately represent Brightbeam’s cutting‑edge capabilities in customer environments. You’ll combine deep AI/ML expertise with customer‑facing leadership, working directly with senior technical stakeholders to discover problems, architect solutions, and deliver transformative AI‑enabled systems.

This is a senior technical role where you’ll lead customer discovery sessions, build sophisticated AI prototypes, and guide solutions from exploration through production deployment. You’ll serve as both technical authority and customer champion, elevating our internal team’s AI capabilities whilst driving customer success.

• Deep AI expertise with transformer (amongst other architectures) understanding
• 8+ years building complex, enterprise‑grade software systems
• Production AI experience with measurable business impact
• Senior stakeholder engagement and workshop leadership experience
• Expert proficiency with modern AI development tools

• Immediate deployment as Brightbeam’s AI technical authority
• Technical ownership of AI solution architecture
• Thought leadership opportunities in AI implementation
• Team development responsibility for mentoring capabilities
• Flexible remote working with 4‑day week options
• Premium compensation package and professional development budget

Customer visits (4‑5 days per month) and team gatherings

• Always be helpful – Everything starts with “how can we be most helpful?”
• Deliberately fair – We balance everyone’s needs for outstanding outcomes
• Learn and grow together – Continuous learning and knowledge sharing
• Show, don’t tell – We create confidence through demonstrable results

Comprehensive but respectful assessment including technical evaluation, customer simulation, and cultural alignment discussion. Total commitment approximately 6‑8 hours over 3‑4 weeks with professional feedback throughout.

Brightbeam is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. xcfaprz We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are happy to discuss accommodations or adjustments to our process.