Senior Field Engineer

Location: Hybrid, with 1 day per week in the Shoreditch, London office

Company

hirify.global develops AI-powered defence technology, including digital training, wargaming, and Command & Control systems.

What you will do

• Lead complex customer engagements from technical discovery and solution design through integration, deployment, and ongoing delivery.
• Design and own solution architectures covering integration points, data flows, infrastructure requirements, and security considerations.
• Act as a senior technical point of contact for customers and lead technical delivery during deployments, military exercises, and field experimentation.
• Coordinate hirify.global and customer teams, manage dependencies and risks, and drive actions through to resolution.
• Translate field experience into product and engineering feedback, including requirements suitable for productisation.
• Build reusable delivery assets, support bids and defence procurement opportunities, mentor Field Engineers, and improve delivery processes.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience with complex technical systems.
• Experience designing, integrating, installing, configuring, and deploying software across multiple systems and environments.
• Strong knowledge of networking, infrastructure, systems integration, and technical architecture documentation, including HLDs, LLDs, and interface specifications.
• Experience delivering technology directly with customers in Field Engineering, Solutions Engineering, Forward Deployed Engineering, or a comparable role.
• Ability to take technical work from requirements and architecture through integration and successful deployment.
• Experience in defence, national security, intelligence, or another complex operationally constrained environment is highly desirable; military systems, geospatial technology, secure or classified environments, simulation, Command & Control, and distributed systems are advantageous.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working with 1 day per week in the London office.
• Private health insurance and an enhanced pension scheme.
• Enhanced parental leave and 3 additional days off at Christmas.
• Learning and development budget.
• Regular social events and share options.
• Inclusive equal-opportunity workplace committed to workforce diversity.