Why it matters
AI built at a distance rarely fits the work.
Most AI is specified in a meeting, built somewhere else and delivered weeks later. By then it answers the questions someone imagined, not the ones your people ask. Nobody at the desk asked for it, so nobody uses it.
A forward deployed engineer closes that distance. They work where the AI will be used, watch how requests and paperwork are really handled, and shape the build with the people who will rely on it.
We measure success by daily use, not by the demo.
What we take on
An engineer in your business. Not a project at arm’s length.
One engineer beside your people, from the first use case until the AI is part of the daily routine.
Embedded with your team
The engineer works alongside the people who do the work, on site at the start and remotely as the build settles.
- Sits with the users, not only with managers
- Learns the real process, including the exceptions
- One named engineer throughout
Delivered week by week
Something working is shown early and improved in short steps, so you see progress and can change direction.
- A working first version early
- Regular reviews with the users
- Priorities adjusted as you learn
Inside your rules
The engineer works within your security policies and your systems, under a confidentiality agreement.
- Your access and approval rules followed
- Data kept where you have agreed
- Backed by LiTME’s security and infrastructure specialists
Adopted, then handed over
The engagement ends when the AI is in daily use and your team can run it.
- Users trained on the real tool
- Everything documented
- Your team runs it, or LiTME runs it for you
How we take it on
From the first week to daily use.
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We sit with your team
We see where the time goes, and agree one result worth building and how it will be measured.
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We build beside your people
The engineer builds on your documents and systems, tests with the people who will use it, and improves it week by week.
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We hand over properly
Your team is trained and the work is documented. From there you run it yourselves, or LiTME keeps running and improving it.
What you gain
Built with your people, not for them.
What changes when the engineer works inside your business.
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Built on real work
The AI answers the questions your people actually ask.
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Decisions made quickly
Questions are settled across a desk, not across a queue of emails.
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Adopted, not abandoned
The users helped shape it, so it fits how they work.
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Knowledge left behind
Your team learns alongside the engineer, and everything is documented.
Questions
Forward deployed AI engineers, answered.
What is a forward deployed engineer?
An engineer who works beside a client’s people, on the client’s own documents and systems, to get AI into daily use. AI companies made the role well known by sending engineers to their customers to turn models into working tools. LiTME brings the same approach to businesses here.
How is this different from your AI & automation service?
It is the same service, seen from the delivery side. AI & automation describes what we build, and answers the questions about data, AI models and pricing. This page describes how we build it: with an engineer working beside your people.
Is this outsourcing or staff on hire?
No. We do not supply people by the hour. The engineer is engaged for a defined result, managed by LiTME, and steps back once the AI is in daily use and handed over to your team.
Does the engineer work on site or remotely?
Both work. Being in the room helps most at the start, to see how the work is really done; much of the building can then continue remotely.
How long does an engagement last?
It depends on the use case. A focused first use case takes at least a month, and larger ones run for several months. The duration is agreed before the engineer starts.
What do you need from us?
A person who owns the result, time with the people who do the work, and access to the documents and systems involved.
Get in touch
Let's talk.
Tell us about your project or your IT challenges, and we will come back with a clear next step.