Forward Deployed Engineer

About Bonapolia

Bonapolia is a family-owned IT staff augmentation team based in Lisbon. We build engineering teams for product companies and IT consultancies across Europe and the US.

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What we offer

• Model: B2B contract with Bonapolia - one contract one monthly invoice

• Rate: negotiated per candidate seniority and client budget

• Payment: monthly invoice paid on the same schedule the client pays us (usually 30 days)

• Contract written under your countrys law

• We handle the client-side paperwork: MSA NDA invoicing
  

Duration: Until the end of 2026 with a potential extension into 2027

Location: EU Eastern Europe or other locations

Working hours: US working hours.

Must-have qualifications:

• Strong React/TypeScript and Python skills (FastAPI or similar).

• Experience delivering at least one LLM application to production including RAG prompt design structured output and OpenAI API.

• Hands-on experience with vector or hybrid search and document parsing (PDF Word Excel).

• Experience with LLM evaluation and observability tools (Langfuse or similar).

• Working knowledge of Azure including VMs application hosting and Entra ID/SSO.

• Strong client-facing skills including the ability to lead sessions with non-technical senior stakeholders provide clear status updates and work effectively with ambiguity.

• Fluent spoken and written English.

Nice to have:

• MCP server development or Claude/agent integrations.

• Experience with PII and GDPR handling including Presidio and EU data residency.

• Background in finance private equity or M&A due diligence.
  
  Ready to Join
  We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our team!