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TRPI-26-06138
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer (Agentic AI)
Senior, hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer to design, build, integrate and productionise agentic AI solutions inside customer environments. The role spans discovery through production rollout, building single/multi-agent workflows, tool/API integrations, retrieval/data pipelines, and implementing evaluations, testing, observability and release safeguards. Candidates should have strong production software engineering (Python/TypeScript/Java), hands-on LLM/agent experience on at least one major platform (OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/Microsoft) and solid integration/debugging discipline. Hybrid in HCL’s Gracechurch Street London office with some client-site travel; permanent role; no visa sponsorship (ILR/citizen/PR).
Position summary
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full Time
- Experience
- Minimum 10 years and Maximum 15 years
Role overview
Why This Role Matters.
Senior, hands-on Forward Deployed Engineer to design, build, integrate and productionise agentic AI solutions inside customer environments. The role spans discovery through production rollout, building single/multi-agent workflows, tool/API integrations, retrieval/data pipelines, and implementing evaluations, testing, observability and release safeguards. Candidates should have strong production software engineering (Python/TypeScript/Java), hands-on LLM/agent experience on at least one major platform (OpenAI/Anthropic/Google/Microsoft) and solid integration/debugging discipline. Hybrid in HCL’s Gracechurch Street London office with some client-site travel; permanent role; no visa sponsorship (ILR/citizen/PR).
Your Impact
Deliver Enterprise Value
Help organisations solve complex business problems through modern technology, consulting expertise and measurable outcomes.
Collaboration
Work Across Teams
Collaborate with consultants, architects, engineers and client stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
Growth
Learn Continuously
Gain exposure to enterprise technologies, certifications, mentoring and real-world project experience.
Career Path
Grow With Ubique
Build a long-term consulting career with opportunities to take on greater responsibility and leadership over time.
Responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing.
Every role at Ubique contributes directly to solving meaningful business challenges for our clients.
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Work with customer technical teams to understand systems, constraints, data, deployment paths and operating needs.
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Use coding agents and human engineering judgement to move quickly while preserving review, test and release discipline.
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Integrate agents with enterprise systems, APIs, cloud services, databases, ticketing systems, model services and security controls, often through MCP and similar tooling.
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Implement agent evaluations, automated tests, observability hooks, runbooks and release safeguards.
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Troubleshoot implementation, deployment, data, model and integration issues.
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Codify what works into reusable patterns, starter kits and playbooks, alongside technical decisions, defects, risks and lessons learned, to raise the floor for the wider practice.
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Feed field insight back to the platform vendors through our partnerships, turning recurring friction and gaps into product feedback that shapes the tools you build on.
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Support handover and production readiness with clear documentation and operational ownership.
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Work with architects and delivery managers to keep implementation aligned to value and technical guardrails. What we are looking for These are the essentials. If you meet most of them, we want to hear from you.
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Several years of production software engineering experience in Python, TypeScript, Java or comparable stacks.
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Practical understanding of agentic patterns: tool use, retrieval, prompting, model behaviour, evaluation and multi-agent workflows such as orchestration, delegation and self-reflection.
Technology stack
Tools & Technologies.
The platforms and technologies you'll use to build modern, enterprise-grade solutions.
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Agentic AI
Required
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LLM
Required
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AI agents
Required
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Multi-agent
Required
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Tool use
Required
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RAG
Required
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Retrieval pipelines
Required
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Prompting
Required
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Model evaluation
Required
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Evals
Required
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Observability
Required
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Release safeguards
Required
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Runbooks
Required
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APIs
Required
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Integrations
Required
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Databases
Required
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Cloud platforms
Required
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Claude Agent SDK
Required
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OpenAI Agents SDK
Required
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Google Agent Development Kit
Required
Requirements
Skills & Experience.
We value curiosity, collaboration and continuous learning. If you don't meet every requirement but believe you can make an impact, we'd still love to hear from you.
Essential
Required Qualifications
Production software engineering experience (Python and/or TypeScript and/or Java or comparable)
Hands-on experience building with LLMs and agents on at least one major platform (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft)
Understanding of agentic patterns: tool use, retrieval, prompting, model behaviour, evaluation
Multi-agent workflows (orchestration, delegation, self-reflection)
API integration experience
Experience with databases and/or cloud platforms and deployment environments
Strong debugging, testing and integration discipline
Ability to work in ambiguous delivery contexts with customers/users/cross-functional technical teams
Ability to balance fast prototyping with production-quality engineering
Troubleshooting implementation, deployment, data, model and integration issues
Preferred
Nice to Have
Taking agentic/AI systems from prototype to production rollout
Agent orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangGraph)
MCP servers and/or custom tool integrations
Data and retrieval pipelines
Workflow automation
Model deployment
Evaluation, observability, troubleshooting and/or release safeguards for AI systems
Vendor certification on Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or Microsoft AI platforms
What you'll gain
More Than Just A Job.
We're committed to helping every team member grow professionally, personally and technically while working on meaningful projects.
Global Exposure
Collaborate with international clients and multicultural teams on enterprise programmes.
Continuous Learning
Expand your expertise through mentoring, certifications and hands-on project experience.
Career Growth
Take ownership, develop leadership skills and grow your consulting career over time.
Flexible Working
Hybrid and remote collaboration designed around trust and delivering exceptional outcomes.
People First
Join a supportive culture where collaboration, respect and long-term relationships come first.
Enterprise Projects
Work on meaningful technology initiatives for leading organisations across industries.
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