Forward Deployed Engineer
About Us
DeepIP is helping patent agents and attorneys streamline the process of drafting patent applications. This product leverages the latest advances in AI-like foundation models-to accelerate the fundamental steps involved in building these applications. In 2026, we have experienced tremendous growth, and we’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to help us accelerate further and reach new heights.
We are a team of collaborative hustlers, ambitious learners, and ownership champions. If you're excited about a fast-paced, flexible environment where growth is celebrated and every day brings new possibilities, join us on this exciting journey 🚀.
As we build DeepIP, we are looking for passionate, driven individuals to join us in Paris.
About the role
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you take the DeepIP platform and make it work inside the most demanding IP organizations in Europe and the US: top law firms, IP boutiques and corporate IP departments. You scope the problem on site, build the solution, ship it, and bring what you learned back to the product.
You are based in Paris or Munich and report to the Head of Success & Solutions. You travel regularly to client sites.
What you’ll own
Deploying the DeepIP platform at law firms, IP firms and corporate IP teams, from scoping to go-live
Building AI automation: LLM-based solutions, prompt engineering, evaluation and quality monitoring on real client data
Integrating DeepIP into client environments through APIs, connectors, authentication and secure data flows
Advising clients on where AI creates real operational leverage, and how to measure it
Turning field learnings into precise inputs for Product and Engineering
Turning each engagement into reusable components and playbooks
About you
An IP background: you are a patent engineer or have a similar IP profile, ideally on the software or ML side. Junior is enough
From school-leaver to 3 years of experience, with an engineering school or equivalent
Excited about LLMs and AI, and you want to deploy them inside IP firms
Technical enough to speak with a client’s IT team: APIs, data and security basics
Drive: you take the lead, set the pace of a project and keep clients moving toward the next milestone
Client-facing by instinct: you structure ambiguity quickly and are credible in front of senior legal and IP professionals
An operator mindset: you own outcomes, simplify and ship. You are curious, humble and you learn fast
Fluent in English, with French and/or German as an additional language
Nice to have
Consulting or client-facing experience
Project management experience
Hands-on LLM or AI projects, and Python
Why join us?
State-of-the-art AI, applied to a real industry: the latest models on high-stakes documents, not toy problems
Real ownership: one of the first people in a new function, helping define how DeepIP deploys
A direct line to Product and Engineering: your field insights change what we build
A fast learning curve: AI agents, enterprise integrations and the IP industry, with senior mentoring from the founders and product leadership
A strong team: we help each other with candor and take ownership
Recruitment Process
Screening Call – A 30-minute conversation to get to know you and your motivations.
Focus Interview – Meet team members to assess fit, skills, and alignment with our mission.
Business Case – A role-relevant task to showcase your capabilities and approach to problem-solving.
Founder Interview – Final chat with one of our co-founders to align on vision and long-term fit.
If you thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious, and super flexible environment, where collaboration, ownership, and a hunger for growth are celebrated, join us on this exciting journey.
DeepIP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, colour, religion, national origin, protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.
Applying at DeepIP is also the opportunity to access a broader network. Should we not proceed with a job offer, we would be pleased to refer you to the Talent Club. The talent club was created by Serena and aims at offering talents great opportunities in innovative companies (Dataiku, Malt, Libeo…)
- Department
- Success & Support
- Location
- Paris
- Remote status
- Hybrid
About DeepIP
DeepIP was officially created in 2023, branching from our AI-focused sister company, Kili Technology.
DeepIP uses AI to unlock new levels of efficiency and value in IP practices.
By embracing AI, Gen AI, and the modern software stack, IP professionals can transcend the limitations of conventional processes and deliver exceptional services that protect and value innovation effectively.