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title: 'Forward Deployed Engineer at SolveAI'
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# Forward Deployed Engineer at SolveAI

- **Company:** SolveAI
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/solve.ai/1179e1af-6930-4271-b4b5-75294c13f806

## Job description

## ABOUT SOLVEAI

Most enterprise problems never get solved in software, because the person who understands the problem and the person who can build the fix are never the same person. SolveAI closes that gap.

Our platform lets the people closest to the problem build real, production-grade software by describing what they need in plain English. It plugs into the enterprise stack as it actually exists, and what it ships clears the bar enterprises actually hold software to: secure, compliant, reliable, maintainable, and able to scale. The result is software tailored to each customer's environment, owned by them.

Unlike the wave of "vibe coding" tools squinting at the enterprise from the consumer world - hoping the hard parts can be bolted on later - we started at the hard end. For us, that bar is the foundation we build on, not a roadmap item.

We can do this because of who's in the room: a team that's spent decades operating inside the world's most complex organisations, not just observing them. Backed by GV and Accel, built by an ex-Palantir team, and already live with enterprise customers.

## WHAT WE OFFER

- High-impact environment: Join a company shaping the future of enterprise software, working with a team that's redefining how AI meets real-world business needs
- Ownership and visibility: In a small, high-performing team, the impact of your work isn't theoretical - it actively shapes the company's direction
- Empowerment through innovation: Use cutting-edge AI tools internally. You'll be working with the same technology we deliver to enterprises

## ABOUT THE ROLE

We're seeking an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly with our enterprise customers, embedding within their organizations to solve their most critical problems. You'll be on the front lines, understanding customer challenges first-hand, rapidly prototyping solutions, and delivering immediate, tangible value.

As an FDE, you'll bridge the gap between our product and real-world enterprise needs. You'll reverse-engineer solutions to complex problems, adapt to whatever technology or constraints you encounter, and distill learnings back into our core product. This role is for engineers who are energized by delivering practical outcomes to real people, not just building for the sake of building.

To understand customer needs and workflows, FDEs may spend extended periods at customer locations, which could be national and/or international and might take you anywhere from offices and co-working space to data centers. This could be as much as 50-75% of your time.

## RESPONSIBILITIES

- Embed with enterprise customers to deeply understand their operational challenges and data environments.
- Rapidly design, prototype, and deliver solutions that create immediate value, often within days as opposed to months.
- Adapt to diverse tech stacks, working with whatever infrastructure and systems the customer has in place.
- Translate customer learnings and patterns into product improvements that benefit all users.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Handle ambiguity with confidence. You'll often be given a problem and expected to figure out the best path forward.

## REQUIREMENTS

We're looking for solid engineers who can write good code - not solution architects who talk like engineers, but people who can actually build. You don't need to be the best engineer on the team, but you need to be credible.

Beyond technical ability, we're looking for:

- Adaptability: No strong opinions on specific technologies or approaches. You thrive when thrown into unfamiliar environments and can work with whatever's in front of you.
- Resourcefulness: Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making pragmatic trade-offs under pressure. You know what matters for a weekend prototype vs. a production system.
- Value orientation: You're motivated by delivering real outcomes to real people. The projects that have energized you most are ones where you've seen tangible impact, not academic exercises or side projects only you use.
- Communication skills: Ability to resonate with customers, understand their problems, and explain solutions clearly.

Prior FDE experience is valuable, but we're equally excited about smart, motivated engineers who identify with this role and want to make the jump.

## WHY SOLVEAI

At SolveAI, you'll work alongside a team that's spent decades solving the hardest enterprise challenges, from operational inefficiencies to data fragmentation.

If you want to see real change in the world, care deeply about value add, and thrive when given ownership in unfamiliar environments, we'd love to hear from you.

## About SolveAI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SolveAI enables enterprise employees to build custom, compliant, full-stack software applications through natural language conversation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; raised $50M total)
- **Headquarters**: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: July 2025
- **Founders**: Steve Basher (former Palantir engineer)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Enterprise AI / Low-code / No-code development platforms
- Target customers: Large enterprises in manufacturing, retail, financial services, and other regulated sectors (B2B, Enterprise)
- Mission: Turn complex problems into custom, enterprise-grade applications through a simple conversation, capturing enterprise context (system design, compliance, security) so outputs follow exact standards.

## Products & Services
- **SolveAI Platform**: An AI-driven development platform that accepts natural language problem descriptions, generates a written proposal and technical specification, then orchestrates specialised AI agents (UX, frontend, backend) to produce a fully functional, secure, and compliant enterprise application. Integrates with existing IT infrastructure and systems of record. Output is non-proprietary code.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding — $50M ($5M pre-seed led by Accel; $45M Series A led by GV)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: GV (lead Series A), Accel (lead pre-seed), Northzone, Mantis VC, NeverLift; strategic angel investors include Mike LoSapio (CISO, Palantir), Pushmeet Kohli (DeepMind), Olivier Godement (OpenAI), Mani Pirouz (SAP)
- **Growth Signals**: Came out of stealth in February 2026; rapidly scaling platform capabilities; attracting enterprise customers in complex technical environments; building a team with experience from Meta, Palantir, Spotify, and SAP.

## Competitive Advantages
- Enterprise‑first approach: handles legacy system integration, governance, security, and compliance constraints that typical no‑code tools ignore.
- Context‑aware generation: captures full enterprise context (policies, data sources, architecture) before building, reducing misalignment.
- End‑to‑end lifecycle management: plans, builds, and maintains applications — not just prototyping.
- Founder and team have deep forward‑deployed engineering experience (Palantir, etc.), giving them credibility with large organisations.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand platform capabilities to support more complex enterprise use cases.
- Scale adoption across enterprise customers in sectors like manufacturing, retail, and financial services.
- Reduce pressure on developer and IT teams by enabling business users to build compliant software.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Founder Steve Basher emphasises “putting software creation in the hands of the people closest to the work.” Team includes alumni from Palantir, Meta, Spotify, and SAP.
- **Work Policy**: Hybrid workspace (employees combine remote and on‑site work). Offices in London and the United States (two offices total).
- **Growth Stage**: Early‑stage but well‑funded; opportunity to shape the product and culture from near‑ground floor.
- **Perks**: Not publicly detailed, but likely includes equity and competitive compensation for a well‑funded Series A startup.

## Sources
1. [solve.ai](https://solve.ai/)
2. [SolveAI Jobs (Ashby)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/solve.ai)
3. [Built In – SolveAI Careers](https://builtin.com/company/solveai)
4. [Tech.eu – SolveAI raises $50M](https://tech.eu/2026/02/25/solveai-raises-50m-to-help-employees-build-their-own-enterprise-software/)
5. [Accel – SolveAI: Scaling Custom Software Across the Enterprise](https://www.accel.com/noteworthies/solveai-scaling-custom-software-across-the-enterprise)

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