Overview

Forward Deployed Engineer (Must be based in UK)

United Kingdom

PolyAI automates customer service through lifelike voice assistants that let customers lead a conversation. Our voice assistants make it possible for businesses to deliver outstanding customer service that rivals their human agents. Our customers, which include the world’s leading logos, are expanding how they use our platform, driving automation of critical customer service operations and integrating PolyAI into their daily customer service workflows.

Join our AI Deployment team to play a critical role in deploying voice agents that handle tens of thousands of customer interactions every day. As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer, you\'ll directly influence PolyAI’s growth by rapidly implementing and optimising cutting-edge voice AI solutions tailored to our enterprise customers\' needs.

You will serve as the primary technical liaison between PolyAI and our clients, collaborating closely to understand their requirements, deliver customised solutions, and ensure measurable success and customer satisfaction.

This role offers an exciting blend of technical innovation, entrepreneurial spirit, and impactful client interaction, giving you the opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered customer experiences.

Responsibilities

• Hands on development and deployment of conversational AI systems for our clients.
• Deeply understand the product/platform, including capabilities and limitations.
• Partner closely with product teams, including presenting product roadmaps to clients.
• Creatively address platform constraints, identifying innovative solutions to deliver required features even without direct coding.
• Serve as the primary technical contact for clients, handling technical communication and resolving issues efficiently.
• Support client management and project delivery in collaboration with Product Solution Managers (PSMs) and Customer Success Managers (CSMs).
• Apply a data-driven approach to driving project’s success, proactively building required logs, graphs and dashboards and extracting actionable items from them

Qualifications

• You work with AI productivity and/or automation tools in your daily tasks.
• 2-5 years of client-facing experience in solution implementation, technical consulting, management consulting, or a similar role.
• Strong technical foundation (education or professional background in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Analysis, etc.) and comfortable rapidly mastering new technologies.
• Proven ability to independently manage projects and passionate about solving problems, whether technical or non-technical.
• Demonstrate the ability to manage stakeholders while staying result-driven.
• Outstanding communication skills, able to clearly explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Creative, solutions-focused mindset with a talent for overcoming complex challenges.
• Experience with VoIP protocols such as SIP, RTP, and related telephony technologies (e.g., call routing, signaling, and media handling).
• You’re passionate about building AI that positively impacts everyday life.
• Experience with Python programming.

Benefits & Additional Information

We offer competitive compensation based on experience, expertise, and the level of responsibility. This role also includes equity, giving you the opportunity to share in the long-term success of the business. The listed expectations reflect what we\'re hiring for, so we encourage you to review the job description carefully.

• Participation in the company’s employee share options plan
• Flexible working from home policy
• Work from outside of the UK for up to 6 months each year
• TELUS Health EAP 24/7 - offers you and your chosen family confidential, judgment-free support for any work, health, or life challenge
• Annual learning and development allowance
• We’re all about making WFH work for you - one-off WFH allowance when you join
• Company-funded fertility and family-forming programmes
• Private healthcare and dental cover, discounts on gym memberships and relaxation apps, mental health programs

PolyAI is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions at PolyAI will be based on the business needs without attention to ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, neurodiversity status or disability status.

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PolyAI is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to age, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or other protected characteristics.