Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Responsibilities

Enterprise Integration & Data Infrastructure:

• Design and build scalable backend services and contract processing pipelines in Python (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Integrate with enterprise procurement ecosystems (SAP, Oracle, Coupa, GEP, GraphQL/REST APIs, SFTP, event buses like Kafka/Pulsar)
• Model, transform, and index multi-modal, multi-terabyte procurement datasets

AI-Powered Negotiation Systems:

• Develop enterprise-level autonomous negotiation AI systems with specialists
• Build pipelines for contract intelligence, vendor benchmarking, analytics
• Create real-time integrations for negotiation agents and dashboards

Full-Stack Enterprise Solutions:

• End-to-end feature delivery: architecture, CI/CD, infra-as-code (Terraform), rollout, user training
• Build enterprise-grade security, compliance, audit capabilities
• Contribute across stack, including frontends and AI evaluation pipelines

Customer Collaboration:

• Directly collaborate with procurement executives and operators
• Run sessions from whiteboarding requirements to weekly demos
• Occasionally work onsite with enterprise teams to understand workflows
• Champion observability and reliability (OpenTelemetry, SLIs/SLOs, automated incident response)

Requirements

• 5+ years professional software engineering in enterprise B2B
• Python fluency; TypeScript/JavaScript capability
• Experience with data-intensive systems in AWS/GCP/Azure (batch & streaming)
• Deep knowledge of relational, columnar, KV/graph databases
• Enterprise integration: authentication, SSO, ERPs, message queues, ETL tools (esp. procurement/finance domains)
• Solution architecture from ambiguous spec to production in weeks
• Clear communication with technical and business stakeholders
• Experience with enterprise security, compliance, audit
• Comfortable working directly with F500 procurement teams, gathering/understanding business requirements

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with LLM-powered services (OpenAI, RAG, vector stores, etc.)
• Strategic procurement and contract negotiation domain knowledge
• Experience in document parsing and analysis
• Multi-agent systems and autonomous AI system understanding
• Experience in large-scale enterprise architecture and integration
• Background in building analytics and reporting for executive decision making

Benefits

• Competitive UK salary: £130,000–£140,000 (finalized in offer)
• Significant equity stake with bi-annual performance bonuses
• Remote-first: work from anywhere; quarterly team gatherings
• Annual, fully-funded off-site retreat focused on AI & team-building
• Direct collaboration with Fortune 500 clients
• Minimum 30 days annual leave, birthday leave
• Flexible work hours
• Temporary work from abroad (up to 120 days/year, dependent on eligibility)
• Visa sponsorship available for exceptional candidates
• Direct mentorship from AI researchers & enterprise tech leaders
• No HR organization

About the Company

Monq is building the first AI platform for strategic procurement negotiation in a $4.2T market, merging deep AI with enterprise software expertise. The team is backed by Revolut and HSBC executives and investors, with several major enterprises piloting the product. At Monq, every 1% improvement in procurement can yield billions in impact—meaningful work at global scale.

Monq is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity, and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.