Forward Deployed Engineer
🚀 Build the future of AI voice: LLMs, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, real-time automation at scale, you name it. Solve hard problems & ship world-changing tech with a world class team
At Elyos, we’re building AI voice agents that help trades businesses run smoother, scale faster, and deliver better customer experiences. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you’ll work closely with our customers to solve their hardest problems. You’ll be on the front lines translating real-world needs into product improvements, integrations and solutions that drive impact. If you love working directly with users, tackling ambiguous challenges, and shipping code that makes a difference, this role is for you.
What You’ll Do
Partner with customers to understand their workflows, challenges, and goals - then design and deliver solutions tailored to them.
Build and ship core features across our stack (Python, TypeScript, cloud infra, event-driven systems, third party integrations).
Ship quickly: prototype, iterate, and deliver value in days, not months.
Act as the bridge between customers and our core engineering team - bring back insights, influence the roadmap, and raise the bar for product quality.
Own the end-to-end lifecycle: scoping, building, deploying and supporting solutions in production.
Who You Are
Customer-obsessed: You thrive on direct interaction with users and you measure your success by theirs.
Biased for action: You experiment, iterate and learn in the open.
Owner’s mindset: You take responsibility for delivering outcomes, not just code.
Ambitious & bold: You’re excited to push boundaries, whether that’s in AI, voice platforms, or scaling systems.
Team-first collaborator: You make your teammates stronger and never shy away from the unglamorous tasks.
Care deeply: Quality matters to you - and it shows in everything you build.
What You Bring
Strong fundamentals in software engineering — you can design, debug, and ship reliable systems.
Proficiency with at least one of our core languages (Python or TypeScript) - or the ability to learn fast.
Experience building and shipping production systems end-to-end, ideally in environments with direct user exposure.
Comfort working across the stack - frontend, backend, infrastructure.
Ability to work directly with customers or non-technical stakeholders to scope, negotiate, and deliver solutions.
A track record of impact: maybe you’ve built something people use, led hairy integrations, or owned projects others avoided.
Bonus if you have:
Experience in forward deployed or customer-facing(e.g solutions, sales) engineering roles.
Early-stage startup experience, especially in AI, voice platforms, or event-driven systems.
Familiarity with modern cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, serverless, distributed systems).
Evidence of customer empathy - support experience, founder experience, or just building things that solved real user pain.
Perks & Benefits
💸 Competitive salary & equity — we are building together, we win together
📚 AI-focused learning & development — stay ahead of the curve.
✈️ Team socials & annual offsites — cool destinations included (last year we went to Greece!).
🏥 Private healthcare — because your well-being matters.
- Department
- Engineering
- Role
- Software Engineer
- Locations
- Elyos HQ
- Yearly salary
- £80,000 - £120,000

About Elyos
Elyos is a London based AI company backed by Y Combinator (YCS23). We build AI voice agents for call centers starting with field services. We integrate with a range of different CRMs to take actions in the same way that a human call center agent does.
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