Forward Deployed Engineer

PALO IT is hiring a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer in Paris Île-de-France on a permanent contract (CDI) with a hybrid work model. You will embed with enterprise clients to take AI-powered products from discovery to pilot production and adoption using PALO ITs AI-first Gen-e² methodology. A client-facing consulting posture and 5 years of hands-on engineering are required.

We are a global technology consultancy with a trademarked AI-first approachGen-e2. It redefines how enterprises build digital products and transform their organizations with AI. We do the right thing and we do it right. Were proud to be a World Economic Forum New Champion and a B Corp-certified company.

We are small enough to care locally big enough to deliver globally (10 countries 450 experts from 50 nationalities)

We are becoming an agentic organization adopting the AI-native operating model we bring to our clients.

We are robust and resilient (100% independent 0 debt founded 2009)

We are AI-native professionals who invest in what we believe and work as a collective intelligence

We are positive courageous and deliver at the leading edge

As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at PALO IT in Paris you embed with client engineering product and domain teams at large enterprises and own the journey from discovery and scoping to pilot production and adoption. Think deploying an agentic AI workflow inside a health insurer standing up an AI-powered platform for a bank or designing intelligent automation for an energy leader. This is not staff augmentation: you build like a product engineer and own whether what you ship gets adopted and creates value.

Deliver defined workstreams independently from prototype through to production

Frame ambiguous business problems in discovery and scoping sessions asking the clarifying questions that shape the solution

Build full-stack AI-powered systems that deliver measurable client impact

Surface risks and dependencies before they become blockers and pick up unassigned work to drive it forward

Build trust with technical and non-technical stakeholders and present your thinking to senior decision-makers

Propose how AI can improve the clients product beyond what was asked

Bring field feedback back to the team to sharpen how PALO IT delivers

Work AI-first by default: GitHub Copilot Claude Code Cursor or Codex generate most of your requirements code and architecture diagrams

Apply prompt and context engineering and critically review every AI-generated output AI generates; engineers own

Scout emerging GenAI tools and turn them into practical improvements for the team

With Gen-e² PALO IT generates 95% of a product code documentation infrastructure as code and design with AI coding agents and its own tooling and delivers end-to-end products 23 faster than traditional approaches. You will work hands-on with the latest AI tooling from Microsoft GitHub Anthropic and other global technology leaders and help define what AI-native delivery looks like inside the enterprises PALO IT transforms. If ambiguity energises you more than a well-defined backlog youll thrive here.

A client-facing consulting posture non-negotiable. You are at ease running discovery sessions presenting to senior stakeholders and working in the open

Significant experience of hands-on software development ideally including cross-functional or client-facing work

Proven ability to deliver a workstream independently in a fast-moving or ambiguous environment

Solid full-stack generalist foundations ideally Java on the backend and React or Angular on the frontend with strong system design and programming principles

Experience building with LLMs or generative models professionally or through substantial personal projects

Clear communication in French and English with technical and non-technical audiences and the ownership to drive outcomes rather than wait for instructions

Daily hands-on use of AI tools across your engineering workflow you can show how AI is part of your working method not just describe it

A working grasp of prompt and context engineering and the critical thinking to validate AI-generated code and solutions

Prior consulting or enterprise delivery experience

Experience with AI/ML services and frameworks and with cloud platforms (Azure AWS GCP)

You dont need to tick every technology box. PALO IT works across many client stacks and clouds and with AI as a learning tool picking up something new is easier than ever curiosity goes a long way.

The role is hybrid and based in Paris Île-de-France. As a client-embedded role your time is shared between client sites PALO ITs Paris office and remote work.

This is a permanent contract (CDI) with PALO IT in France.

How many years of experience are required

At least 5 years of hands-on software development ideally including cross-functional or client-facing work. A consulting posture and comfort with client stakeholders are non-negotiable.

What tech stack does a Forward Deployed Engineer use at PALO IT

The preferred foundations are React on the frontend and Java or Python on the backend on Azure AWS or GCP depending on the client. AI coding tools such as GitHub Copilot Claude Code Cursor or Codex are used daily.

What is Gen-e²

Gen-e² is PALO ITs trademarked AI-first software delivery methodology. It generates 95% of a product code documentation infrastructure as code and design with AI coding agents guided by a product repository and a library of rules and prompts and delivers end-to-end products 23 faster. 100% of PALO IT projects use it.

Is this a staff augmentation role

No. Forward Deployed Engineers at PALO IT take a product from discovery through pilot and production to adoption and own the outcome it delivers not just the code.

What makes PALO IT different from other tech consultancies

PALO IT is B Corp-certified a World Economic Forum New Champion 100% independent with zero debt and runs every project AI-first with Gen-e². Founded in 2009 it brings together 450 experts across 10 countries.

More About PALO IT

Our clients include some of the worlds most successful companies. We collaborate with leading enterprises next-generation businesses and frontier partners shaping what comes next helping them scale AI and solve complex business and technology challenges.

Stimulating working environments

Unique career path

International mobility

Internal R&D projects (including Gen-e2)

Knowledge sharing

Personalized training via PALO IT Academy

Entrepreneurship & intrapreneurship

For more on our team culture and benefits check out our careers page.

PALO IT is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit qualifications and abilities. PALO IT does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race colour religion sex sexuality national origin age disability marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.

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