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Forward Deployed Software Engineer

Intercom London, England Full-time R&D Posted May 28, 2026
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What it’s like to work at Intercom

AI Customer Service · San Francisco / Dublin

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Employee Rating
3.8
Work-Life Balance
152
Open Roles
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What employees love

  • Ships code 180+ times per day — genuine speed culture backed by engineering blog evidence
  • Founder-led for 14 years with an active, technically deep engineering culture

What could be better

  • Hybrid 3-days-in-office policy — not a remote-friendly company
  • Compensation is mid-market; not top-of-band compared to AI labs
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About the Role

Fin is the AI Customer Agent company on a mission to help businesses provide perfect customer experiences.

Our AI Agent Fin is the highest-performing AI Customer Agent on the market today, enabling businesses to deliver impeccable, always-on customer support across the customer journey – from service, to sales, to ecommerce. Powered by our own AI models, Fin resolves complex customer issues end-to-end across every channel, with minimal set-up and integration. Fin can also be combined with our natively integrated Intercom help desk for one single system that is designed to meet the needs of modern day support teams.

Founded in 2011, Fin became one of the fastest growing companies and remains one of the largest private software companies in the world with nearly 30,000 global businesses using our products to transform their customer support. Driven by our core values, we push boundaries, build with speed and intensity, and relentlessly deliver incredible value to our customers.

What's the opportunity?

Over the past twelve months, we’ve seen rapidly growing demand for Software Engineers who thrive at the intersection of deep technical work, customer impact, and product strategy. As Fin's AI Agent for Customer Service, Fin, becomes mission-critical for our most strategic customers, we’re building a team of Forward Deployed Software Engineers to help bridge the gap between customer needs and product innovation.

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you’ll work hands-on with some of Fin's most strategic customers, partnering closely with our R&D and Go-to-Market teams to design and deliver high-impact solutions. You’ll go beyond implementation — helping shape product direction, influencing roadmap decisions, and ensuring Fin delivers real, measurable business outcomes in complex, real-world environments.

If you’re excited by ownership, creativity, and solving ambiguous problems, and you want to work at the frontier of applied AI while collaborating with world-class Product, Engineering, and GTM teams, this role offers a rare opportunity to combine technical excellence with real customer impact.

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Benefits

We are a well treated bunch, with awesome benefits! If there’s something important to you that’s not on this list, talk to us!

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Policies

Fin has a hybrid working policy. We believe that working in person helps us stay connected, collaborate easier and create a great culture while still providing flexibility to work from home. We expect employees to be in the office at least three days per week.

We have a radically open and accepting culture at Fin. We avoid spending time on divisive subjects to foster a safe and cohesive work environment for everyone. As an organization, our policy is to not advocate on behalf of the company or our employees on any social or political topics out of our internal or external communications. We respect personal opinion and expression on these topics on personal social platforms on personal time, and do not challenge or confront anyone for their views on non-work related topics. Our goal is to focus on doing incredible work to achieve our goals and unite the company through our core values.

Fin values diversity and is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity. Fin will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Intercom?
Intercom has a work-life balance score of 3.8/5 based on employee reviews. This is about average for the AI/tech industry.
What is Intercom’s culture like?
Intercom is characterized by these culture values: eng-driven, ship-fast, product-impact, learning. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 4/5. Ships code 180+ times per day — genuine speed culture backed by engineering blog evidence
How many open roles does Intercom have?
Intercom currently has 152 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in London, England. Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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