Forward Deployed Engineer I - Justice AI Unit (Ref: 18737)

The Ministry of Justice UK is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer I for their Justice AI Unit to develop and deploy AI products that enhance the justice system. This role involves collaborating with frontline staff to create practical solutions and support operational deployment, aimed at improving outcomes in courts, prisons, and probation services.

Responsibilities

• Develop practical AI products, tools, workflows and technical components for use across the Ministry of Justice
• Work with users in operational settings such as courts, prisons and probation to understand needs, gather feedback and improve solutions
• Contribute across the software and AI stack, including frontend, backend, databases, APIs, data pipelines, model integration, LLM workflows and deployment support
• Support end-to-end delivery, from understanding the problem and building prototypes through to testing, documentation, deployment and iteration
• Apply user feedback to improve products and ensure solutions are useful, accessible and aligned to operational needs
• Identify and raise quality, usability, data, security, accessibility or operational risks early

Skills

• Experience and/or working knowledge of building, testing and deploying software, data products or technical components in a real-world environment
• Experience working across parts of the software or AI stack, such as frontend, backend, databases, APIs, data pipelines, model integration or cloud deployment
• Experience supporting the development of solutions such as LLM workflows, predictive models, automation tools, scheduling tools, data pipelines or user-facing applications
• Ability to work and adapt in complex or ambiguous organisational contexts
• Strong collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
• Experience with our stack- NextJS, FastAPI, Postgres
• Experience with LLM observability and evaluation tools like Langfuse
• Cloud and infrastructure experience - Terraform, Azure etc
• Entrepreneurial or startup experience

Benefits

• Ministry of Justice contributes 12,432 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance

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