Agentic Forward Deployed Engineer

Agentic Forward Deployed EngineerRate: £600 per day - Outside IR35Contract: 6-12 monthsWorking Pattern: Hybrid - 3 days per week on-siteIndustry: Public Sector - International EducationWe are recruiting a Principal-level Agentic Forward Deployed Engineer to support a major AI-enabled digital transformation programme within a large international organisation.The organisation is adopting an agentic-first approach to software engineering and wants to move from individual experimentation towards a scalable, secure and maintainable enterprise model for AI-assisted development.Experienced engineering teams are already exploring agentic development. This role will establish what good looks like across the wider organisation, introducing the engineering standards, governance, security controls, evaluation frameworks, operating models and knowledge-sharing practices required to deploy agentic AI at scale.This is not a purely strategic or governance-focused role. The successful candidate must remain a credible hands-on engineer who can both define standards and actively help teams implement them.Key Responsibilities. Establish engineering standards and best practices for enterprise agentic development. Define and implement coding-agent workflows, repository integration and appropriate code review practices. Work hands-on with engineering teams adopting agent-assisted software development. Develop reusable approaches, patterns and reference implementations for agentic engineering. ..... full job details .....