Agentic Forward Deployed Engineer (Associate Director) – Architect
Employment type: Permanent
Location: London/Kubrick HQ (QVS). Client engagements predominantly London & Southeast. (May require client site visits)
Who we are:
Kubrick is an award-winning consultancy that helps organisations design, build and scale data and AI solutions that deliver lasting impact.
We work with organisations across industries including financial services, healthcare, retail, energy, aviation, and the public sector, and partner with leading technology providers such as Microsoft, Snowflake, Databricks, and Collibra. Our status as a Gold Databricks Partner and an Elite Snowflake AI Data Cloud Services Partner means our people work at the cutting edge of these platforms, opening doors to specialist projects, accreditations, and career opportunities you won't find everywhere.
What sets us apart is how we build capabilities and careers. Through continuous learning, real world experience, and a collaborative culture, we help our people develop the skills, confidence, and experience to build rewarding careers.
Building an inclusive industry matters to us as much as building great data platforms. We're proud long-standing partners of Women in Data, a not for profit dedicated to helping more women succeed in data and AI, recognised in 2026 with a shortlisting for their Brand Partner of the Year award. Our work in this space has also been recognised by SheCanCode and Women in Tech.
The Role:
As an Agentic Forward Deployed Engineer (Agentic FDE) at Kubrick, you'll work directly with customers to identify where agentic AI can create genuine business value - then design it, build it, deploy it and make it work in the real world.
The role sits at the intersection of AI engineering, solution architecture, consulting and product thinking, taking ideas from an initial customer conversation all the way through to production. You'll do it alongside some of the best technology and specialist capability in the market, including Anthropic Claude, Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Azure, Databricks and Snowflake.
The role requires someone who can move comfortably between a customer boardroom, a whiteboard architecture session and a development environment.
Your work will include:
Working with customers to uncover high-value opportunities for agentic AI, from intelligent automation and knowledge work to decision support and complex operational workflows
Turning ambiguous business problems into practical, measurable AI solutions
Designing agentic architectures covering agents, tools, models, data, orchestration, human oversight and evaluation
Rapidly prototyping and iterating solutions with real users
Building and deploying production-grade agentic AI solutions
Integrating agents with enterprise data, APIs, applications, workflows and identity systems
Ensuring solutions are secure, governed, observable, reliable and cost-effective
Establishing evaluation, testing and monitoring approaches so customers can understand how their AI is performing
Leading technical workshops and communicating complex ideas to everyone from engineers to senior executives
Supporting pre-sales - shaping opportunities, developing technical propositions, contributing to demos and helping customers understand what's possible
Creating reusable patterns and accelerators that make the next AI solution faster and better
Technical Leadership
Demonstrable experience providing technical leadership for engineering teams on AI-oriented projects, ideally in a consultancy environment
Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences and influence decision-making at senior levels
Strong understanding of regulatory, ethical, accuracy and security considerations for developing autonomous agentic systems
(Desirable) Degree, Masters or Doctorate in Software Engineering, Computer Science or ML/AI related subject
Strong software engineering and solution-development skills, with the ability to build, test, debug, integrate, and operate production services
Hands-on experience designing AI, data, cloud, automation, or enterprise application solutions
Ability to work across APIs, data platforms, databases, identity, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise integration patterns
Understanding of agentic AI concepts, including orchestration, tool use, retrieval, memory, planning, multi-agent patterns, human oversight, and evaluation
Ability to translate between business outcomes and technical implementation choices
Strong stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, communication, and technical storytelling skills
Comfort operating in ambiguous environments, prioritising effectively, and taking ownership from discovery through deployment
Awareness of enterprise security, data governance, responsible AI, privacy, and compliance requirements
What Kubrick offers:
A fast moving and fast growth business which is doing something seriously innovative and valuable. We already have a very supportive, diverse and appreciative client base, giving us stable foundations enabling us to keep working to high standards as we continue to grow. We also offer:
Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave, above the statutory minimum, with shared parental leave options
Additional family leave support, including up to 18 weeks parental leave, 5 days dependent care leave, paid fertility treatment leave, and up to 3 weeks paid parental bereavement leave
33 days annual leave (25 days annual leave plus 8 public holidays)
Flexible working options, including flexible start and finish times and part-time arrangements, available upon request
Hybrid working, with the option to work from home, the Kubrick office, or your clients' office (if applicable)
Pension match up to 5%
Unlimited mental health support through Help@Hand, available 24/7 for you and eligible family members
Financial wellbeing support
Cycle to Work scheme, save up to 43% on a new bike through Evans Cycles
Specsavers eye care vouchers
Internal mobility and career development opportunities
Recognition and reward programs
Learning and development opportunities, including professional certifications
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Mental health, diversity and inclusion support
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI):
At Kubrick, we not only strive to bridge the skills-gap in data and technology, but we are also committed to playing a key role in improving diversity in the industry. To that effect, we welcome candidates from all backgrounds, and particularly encourage applications from groups currently underrepresented in the industry, including women, people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ people, people with disability and those who are neurodivergent.
We know that potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet a good proportion of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.
We are committed to ensuring that all candidates have an equally positive experience, and equal chances for success regardless of any personal characteristics. Please speak to us if we can support you with any adjustments to our recruitment process.
