Forward Deployment Engineer

Netguru is a consultancy, product design, and software development company founded in 2008. It offers application development services for businesses of any size, building web, mobile, and desktop apps for various industries including fintech, healthcare, commerce, tourism, and robotics. Netguru has nearly 600 employees and has completed more than 1400 projects, working with clients such as solarisBank, Volkswagen, IKEA, and Keller Williams.

Experience:

• 5+ years total, including 3+ years hands-on building and shipping AI-assisted systems
• 2+ years in a client-facing consulting or pre-sales engineering role
• Proven full-cycle ownership: discovery → scoping → build → production → handoff
• Comfortable with both technical and business stakeholders in the same engagement
• Communicative (B2+) Polish and English

Technical:

• Production-grade Python and/or TypeScript - shipped systems, not scripts
• LLM stack fluency (Claude, GPT, open-weight) - knows when to use which and why
• AI system design: agents, RAG pipelines, copilots, MCP servers, sub-agents
• Eval-driven development - defines success metrics before shipping, measures after
• Integration experience: REST APIs, iPaaS, common SaaS (CRM, PM, BI)
• Cloud deployment, security reviews, change management

Consulting & communication:

• Translates ambiguous client pain into written technical scope - and defends it
• Credible with a CEO and an engineer on the same day
• Proposal writing and deal scoping for AI engagements
• Senior stakeholder management without hand-holding

Mindset:

• Builder by default - running system over recommendation deck
• Stack-agnostic - picks the right tool, not the favorite one
• Walks into chaos, imposes structure, delivers clarity
• Ships in days, not weeks

Nice to have:

• Domain experience in Finance, Retail, or Supply Chain
• Public presence - conference talks, open-source, published writing on AI

Client engagements:

• Embed temporarily into the team that owns the problem - client engineering org or internal Netguru team
• Run discovery with stakeholders from CTO down to end-user
• Translate ambiguous pain into a written technical scope you can defend
• Lead pre-sales on AI opportunities - scope, price, propose, close

Build:

• Prototype in days, not weeks - working software, not slides
• Write production-grade Python or TypeScript (or whatever the client runs)
• Ship AI-enabled workflows: copilots, agents, RAG systems, automation, internal tooling
• Integrate with the client's existing stack
• Stand up evals, observability, and guardrails before going live
• Own the path to production: security review, procurement, change management

Build internally (≈50% of the role):

• Extend Netguru's internal AI platform with new agents, MCPs, and skills based on field learnings
• Build enablement tooling for internal AI delivery teams — templates, runbooks, reusable skills
• Codify reusable client patterns back into NetguruOS

At Netguru, we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. If you require any disability-related accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.