Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer

Company: Smartedge Solutions Ltd
Apply for the Senior/Lead Forward Deployed Engineer
Location: Whitehall
Job Description:

  • Move comfortably between Python/data engineering- modelling/optimization- Back End- cloud/deployment – client discussions.
  • The defining trait is the combination of genuine engineering depth with the maturity to sit in front of clients, translate evolving stakeholder needs into features, and drive delivery.
  • Strong Python for data and Back End work – Pandas plus optimization/scientific libraries (eg Pyomo, Scikit-Learn)
  • Building simulation, forecasting, and KPI/analytics frameworks to model financial or operational outcomes
  • Data engineering: ingestion and transformation pipelines for time-series/market data, schema design, automated validation/testing (eg pytest)
  • Interactive dashboarding (eg Plotly Dash, Bokeh, or similar) for decision support
  • Cloud and deployment: AWS, Docker, CI/CD across dev/QA/prod; message queues (eg RabbitMQ) a plus
  • Databases: PostgreSQL, plus exposure to NoSQL (eg Cassandra) and Oracle
  • Owns client relationships and runs the cadence (regular working sessions, requirements gathering, alignment)
  • Scopes loosely defined problems into deliverable workstreams with minimal direction
  • Can technically lead on a delivery team
  • Sets engineering standards (testing, deployment hygiene, code quality)
  • Working with non-technical stakeholders, problem framing mindset.
  • Advanced degree in a quantitative field (statistics, analytics, computer science, engineering or similar)
  • Able to collaborate across European and North American time zones
  • English essential;

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Posted: September 24th, 2026