Engineer II - Forward Deployed Engineer

Enterprise AI needs engineers who can own substantive BU engagements independently, guide more junior colleagues through the FDE practice, and help shape how the function qualifies and runs its work. The role is the backbone of the FDE team's delivery capacity.

Owns complex engagements end-to-end from problem framing through working prototype, at days-to-weeks cadence, with minimal supervision.

Leads small multi-FDE engagements — directing and mentoring G8 FDEs during delivery while maintaining accountability for outcome quality.

Helps shape the FDE intake pipeline — qualifying which BU problems merit engagement and challenging unclear or underspecified asks before work begins.

Owns the quality bar for pattern library contributions — ensuring reusable assets are adopted, not just submitted.

Take full ownership of BU use cases from problem framing through to working prototype, at days-to-weeks cadence, without close supervision.

Qualify incoming BU asks — challenge underspecified problems, assess feasibility, and define scope before committing to an engagement.

Embed with BU teams — product owners, engineering leads, and the wider BU — building trusted working relationships and genuine domain understanding.

Form and defend kill/continue recommendations at the end of each engagement based on evidence — presenting clearly to BU and Enterprise AI leadership.

Ship first production versions on engagements where the path is clear and complexity is bounded, before handing forward to the Solutions Engineer.

Lead small multi-FDE engagements — direct the work of G8 FDEs, review their output, and ensure delivery quality without becoming the bottleneck.

Actively mentor G8 FDEs during engagements: provide technical guidance, share engagement judgement, and give structured feedback that accelerates their development.

Contribute to FDE interview and onboarding processes where relevant.

Operate AI agent workflows for autonomous prototype delivery — orchestrating multi-agent systems as the primary engineering mode.

Use AI coding assistants as the default mode of building; direct, validate, and course-correct AI-generated code at engineering speed. Go beyond vibe coding: design and build agentic workflows that automate delivery end-to-end, and run delivery bot meshes as part of day-to-day engineering, guiding G8 FDEs to do the same.

Design and orchestrate multi-agent systems end-to-end; judge when agentic approaches add value versus simpler alternatives, and guide G8 FDEs in making the same calls.

Package proven use cases cleanly for the Solutions Engineer — working code, architecture rationale, open risks, and scaling concerns.

Own the quality of FDE pattern library contributions — distil every engagement into reusable agents, prompt templates, and reference architectures, and ensure the bar is high enough that others can adopt without rework.

Initiate Code Orange, Responsible AI, and Accountability Report conversations from the prototype stage — so the productionisation team does not inherit governance debt.

Coach BU engineers on AI-augmented ways of working while embedded, leaving teams measurably more capable.

Contribute to defining FDE engagement standards — bringing patterns and lessons from engagements back to the team in a form others can act on.

Why You?

Basic Qualification

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

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