Lead Forward Deployed Designer

About Artificial Help shape the future of specialty insurance

At Artificial, we’re building the next generation of technology for the specialty (re) insurance market. Our mission is to transform how brokers and carriers operate in complex markets by removing operational barriers and enabling smarter, faster decision-making.

We use modern technology to solve real challenges for some of the world’s leading brokers and insurers. By automating the repetitive and structuring the complex, we help our partners unlock new opportunities for innovation and growth.

You’ll be joining a collaborative team that values curiosity, ownership, and continuous learning. We work in an environment where ideas are heard, support is built‑in, and outcomes matter. Everyone here has the chance to make a tangible impact on our products, our customers, and the industry.

We've just raised $45M (£33M) in Series B funding from lead investor Commerz Ventures, new investor Move Capital, as well as all existing shareholders. This investment round gives us the room to grow with confidence, continue to innovate, and ensure that Artificial remains the first choice for brokers and carriers seeking a smarter way to trade digitally.

Join us, and take the chance to be a part of something that will change the landscape of insurance for generations.

Today, a key part of delivery has no clear owner: problem framing before configuration begins.

• On the customer side, there are rarely UX specialists - only domain experts and sponsors who describe needs as pre‑formed solutions.
• On our side, configured work spaces are built by Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) in our Transform team: experts in the platform, accountable for shipping to a deadline, but not trained designers.
• Our Platform teams have design expertise but are often too far removed from individual implementations to influence the moments that matter most.

The result is pretty predictable: we move quickly into “how” before we are confident about the “what” and “why.”

Your mandate is to slow down at the right moment and make sure we’re solving the right problem - then help the team implement the best platform‑valid solution.

This is a founding role. You would be the first Forward Deployed Designer (FDD) at Artificial, hired into an enabling function within the Platform team, with the mandate to define how the function works and to build it out. Later, FDDs would join the Transform teams in hands‑on client roles: you’d take part in hiring them (with our support), then line‑manage them directly.

You would work closely with the Transform team and customers throughout discovery and delivery. In practice, that means:

• Establish the FDD function. Define the operating model, the patterns, and the ways of working from scratch.
• Grow and manage the team. Take part in hiring subsequent FDDs and line‑manage them as they join.
• Join customer + FDE sessions early (problem framing and discovery), not only at reviews once decisions are already fixed.
• Translate requests into problems. For example, turn “we need a confirmation button before this step” into:
• the user behaviour driving the request
• two or three platform‑valid approaches
• a recommendation, with trade‑offs explained
• Prototype and test ideas quickly using the most effective medium (written specs, wireframes, workflows, or light code). We care more about clarity and platform realism than polished artefacts.
• Provide credible pushback when the customer’s proposed solution doesn’t address the underlying problem.
• Codify patterns and precedents so knowledge moves from individual memory into shared team infrastructure.
• Level up the FDE team’s design instincts over time. You shouldn’t be the only person who can think about UX…