About Fractional

Fractional is an applied-AI company based in Porto/Braga, Portugal, but working remotely with a few in-person workdays. We design and build AI agents and systems for Portuguese SMEs — not prototypes or dashboards, but systems that go live in production and replace real manual work: reconciling invoices, managing HR, running audits, processing credit applications. We have 20+ systems live in production with clients like Casa Financeira, Wewood, Dehouse, and Train your Dog.

We also build our own products: forhumans (an AI-native HR platform) and foraudits (an AI-native audit and compliance platform, partnered with the Instituto Português da Qualidade).

We work in small, hands-on teams that go from design to delivery, fast.

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About the role

Forward deployed engineers sit at the intersection of client, product, and code. You'll work directly with client teams to understand their operations, then build and ship the agentic systems that automate them, often within the same week you scope the problem.

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What you'll do

• Work on-site or closely with client teams to understand real operational processes
• Build with AI coding agents to design, prototype, and ship working systems fast
• Translate messy, real-world business processes into working software
• Iterate quickly based on direct client feedback

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What we're looking for

• Great with people: comfortable talking to clients, understanding their problems, and building trust
• "Desenrascado": resourceful, figures things out, doesn't wait to be told exactly how
• Fast learner, comfortable picking up new tools, domains, and codebases quickly
• Full-agentic coding practitioner. You build with AI coding tools as a core part of how you work
• No professional experience required. We care more about how you think and learn than your résumé

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