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Hexa

Forward-Deployed AI Builder

1mo ago
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Hexa

Forward-Deployed AI Builder

1mo ago
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Build and deploy AI agents and workflows to enhance internal operations and portfolio companies' capabilities in a private equity firm.

Responsibilities

  • Hexa Scale's forward-deployed AI builder — the person who turns the firm's and the portfolio's AI ambitions into shipped agents, working workflows, and team-wide AI fluency.

Nice to have

  • Background in vertical SaaS, B2B SMB software, or developer tools.
  • Experience designing agent orchestration, RAG over messy enterprise data, or AI evals/observability.
  • Prior FDE or applied AI consulting role with regular C-level exposure.
  • Comfort working across multiple European geographies and languages.

Other

  • The Managing Partner and Operating Partner own investment selection, value-creation plans, and the strategic transformation conversations with portfolio CEOs. What we are missing is a dedicated builder and enabler who:
  • Ships the internal AI tooling that makes Hexa Scale move faster than any other PE firm in Europe.
  • Embeds with portfolio companies to actually build the first agents and AI workflows — not just advise on them.
  • Is hands-on enough to teach the deal team, the operating team, and portfolio operators how to use AI in their daily work.
  • Think Forward-Deployed Engineer with an AI specialty and the maturity to operate independently in front of executives — but without yet owning IC-level strategic calls.
  • Build and maintain internal agents and scripts that compress repetitive work for the deal, operating, and finance teams.
  • Own the rollout of our internal AI stack (LLM tools, agent frameworks, knowledge base, evals).
  • Run regular "AI clinics" and short workshops to lift daily AI fluency across the team.
  • Working under the direction of the MP and OP, build and ship:
  • Market intelligence agents tracking signals across European vertical SaaS sub-segments.
  • Sourcing & pipeline agents that enrich and prioritize targets.
  • DD support tools : data-room ingestion, customer-call analysis, KPI extraction, AI-readiness checks.
  • Reporting automation for portfolio monitoring and LP communications.
  • Provide the technical AI lens during DD: tech & product audit, AI-readiness scoring, data-asset evaluation, agentic opportunity sketches.
  • Surface findings as structured inputs to the deal lead and the IC memo — strategic decisions stay with the MP / OP.
  • Embed with portfolio companies in short sprints (typically 2–8 weeks) to build the first AI use cases: ship the first agent, integrate the orchestration layer, set up evals, get something into production.
  • Train internal counterparts so the work scales after the sprint ends.
  • Capture reusable components and playbooks for the next portfolio company.
  • This means regular travel to portfolio companies across France and Europe — expect to be on-site for a significant part of your time.
  • 4–6 years of experience as an applied AI/ML engineer, Forward-Deployed Engineer, founding engineer, or applied AI consultant.
  • Has shipped multiple LLM-powered or agentic products in production — comfortable with LLM tooling, RAG, evals, and integrating into messy enterprise codebases and data.
  • Builder mindset and high tempo: loves shipping, ships fast, iterates faster.
  • Comfortable parachuting into an unfamiliar codebase, vertical, or company and getting traction in days, not months.
  • Strong communicator; can teach AI to non-technical executives and operators.
  • Business-literate — cares about ROI and adoption, not just elegance — but not aspiring to be a deal partner .
  • English fluent; French is a strong plus.
  • Genuinely excited about travel — this role isn't remote-first. You'll be on the ground with portfolio teams across France and Europe on a regular basis.
  • Several production-grade internal agents owned by Hexa Scale across sourcing, DD, and reporting.
  • Every Hexa Scale team member is measurably faster in their core workflows thanks to internal AI tooling and coaching.
  • Every active DD has a structured AI-lens analysis delivered by this role.
  • At least one portfolio company has launched a first AI agent in production with this role on the build, and a local team trained to extend it.
  • A growing library of reusable AI components and playbooks is being shared across the portfolio.
  • Package: €72K to €85K gross/year (base salary of €60K–€71K + 20% annual profit sharing)
  • Opportunity to invest in Hexa portfolio startups at a (very) preferential rate
  • Swile meal card
  • 8 to 12 RTT days per year
  • Mobility budget: €500/year for green transportation (bike, metro, electric scooter)
  • Health insurance with 50% coverage for you and your family
  • 1% Holiday bonus
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