Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Ophelos Ltd
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Compensation
- £85k
Join Ophelos Ltd, an AI-native collections platform revolutionizing debt management through empathy and technology. As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer based in London, you will spearhead the company’s expansion across 17 European markets following its acquisition by Intrum.
You’ll work in an AI-first engineering environment alongside a world-class team from Google and Monzo, earning a salary of £85k. If you are a Python/TypeScript expert who thrives at the intersection of technical excellence and strategic client engagement, this is your next career-defining move.
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Role overview
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Ophelos Ltd, you will lead market expansion by owning end-to-end client onboarding across Europe. You will build robust data integrations, adapt the platform to local regulations, and influence the core product roadmap. This high-impact role balances technical excellence with strategic client engagement for enterprise financial institutions.
About Ophelos Ltd
Ophelos Ltd is a UK-based, AI-native debt resolution service and analytics platform, part of Intrum. It helps companies manage customer debt through personalised, omnichannel communications, digital self-service repayment journeys, automated payments, customer support, vulnerability detection, and real-time analytics. Ophelos focuses on empathetic, customer-first debt collection and operates across European markets.
What you will do
- Design and optimize per-market data ingestion and egestion layers, ensuring idempotency and reliability across complex financial schemas and third-party APIs.
- Collaborate with Markets Success teams to lead technical discussions with enterprise clients, bridging the gap between local requirements and platform capabilities.
- Author structured Product Cases to influence the core roadmap, converting field insights into scalable product features rather than simple code patches.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven proficiency in production Python and TypeScript, with a deep understanding of data validation, reconciliation, and building against clean abstraction APIs.
- Senior-level background in regulated sectors such as fintech, payments, or debt management, with a track record of navigating complex enterprise integrations.
- Exceptional cross-functional communicator who uses AI-assisted coding tools daily and can explain technical architecture to both software engineers and client executives.
Why this role is remarkable
- Direct impact on scaling a mission-driven platform into 17 European markets, defining how Ophelos Ltd functions in diverse regulatory and banking environments.
- Join a team of alumni from Monzo, Google, and Oracle, operating with an AI-first development workflow using tools like Claude Code and OpenSpec.
- Transition between high-caliber software engineering and strategic market expansion, serving as the primary technical authority for Europe’s largest enterprise financial institutions.
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