Forward Deployed Engineer (Junior)

Summary

Owkin is an AI company on a mission to solve the complexity of biology. They are seeking exceptional Junior Forward Deployed Engineers to work at the intersection of AI, software systems, and biology, partnering with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to design and deploy production-grade solutions on their AI platform, Owkin K.

Responsibilities

• Support customer engagements alongside more senior team members, progressively taking on more ownership with external customers to solve high-leverage problems by customizing and extending Owkin’s agentic platform K
• Design, build, and deploy tailored solutions on top of Owkin K, guiding them from conception through final delivery
• Contribute to rapid prototyping and iteration to validate solutions early and frequently
• Balance scope, speed, and quality, adapting plans to ensure successful delivery
• Communicate clearly across technical and non-technical stakeholders to align expectations
• Collaborate with Customer Success Managers, Domain Experts, Product and Engineering teams to guarantee effective delivery, client satisfaction, and sustained adoption of Owkin’s product
• Turn proven patterns into reusable, scalable components, tools, and playbooks
• Share feedback from the field to help shape the roadmap

Skills

• 2+ year of experience as a software engineer, with a focus on backend systems
• Fluent in Python and modern engineering tools and coding co-pilots: write clean, production-grade code, design scalable systems, and contribute to code reviews and technical design discussions
• Experience working with LLMs and agentic AI frameworks
• Ability to simplify complexity and make fast, sound decisions under time pressure
• Communicate effectively across diverse audiences: technical teams, product managers and non-technical stakeholders. Adapt language and detail to ensure clarity and alignment
• Thrive in fast-evolving environments by staying flexible, embracing ambiguity, and proactively driving progress despite incomplete information
• Proven experience building and deploying on cloud platforms
• Understanding of the drug development pipeline and related scientific workflows
• Full stack experience
• Familiarity with biostatistics, computational biology, or medical imaging

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ year of experience as a software engineer, with a focus on backend systems
• Fluent in Python and modern engineering tools and coding co-pilots: write clean, production-grade code, design scalable systems, and contribute to code reviews and technical design discussions
• Experience working with LLMs and agentic AI frameworks
• Ability to simplify complexity and make fast, sound decisions under time pressure
• Communicate effectively across diverse audiences: technical teams, product managers and non-technical stakeholders. Adapt language and detail to ensure clarity and alignment
• Thrive in fast-evolving environments by staying flexible, embracing ambiguity, and proactively driving progress despite incomplete information

Nice to Haves

• Proven experience building and deploying on cloud platforms
• Understanding of the drug development pipeline and related scientific workflows
• Full stack experience
• Familiarity with biostatistics, computational biology, or medical imaging

Benefits

• Flexible work organization
• Friendly and informal working environment
• Opportunity to work with an international team with high technical and scientific backgrounds