Alternative Careers for Software Engineers

Enterprise sales role focused on selling VDR software directly to large corporations. You'll conduct discovery calls, navigate complex sales cycles, and close deals through consultative selling—leveraging technical product knowledge to overcome competitor solutions.

A structured 24-month rotational programme where you'll own multi-workstream projects across operations, client deployment, and business functions at a high-growth AI SaaS startup. You'll learn how to scale a B2B product across markets while working hands-on with implementation and process optimization.

Create and author aircraft maintenance procedures documentation (AMM) for commercial aircraft, translating complex engineering requirements into compliant, procedural documentation. Work with engineering teams to ensure procedures accurately reflect maintenance philosophy and system logic.

Conduct fundamental and applied AI safety research, producing scientific outputs (publications, tooling, technical reports) that advance safety theory and practice across interpretability, faithfulness, and AI system steering—leveraging technical depth but shifting focus from product delivery to research rigor.

A customer-facing leadership role in professional services, responsible for managing client relationships, overseeing AI solution delivery, and ensuring successful project outcomes for enterprise clients in regulated industries.

A senior management role leading client-facing AI delivery and strategy within the Communications, Media & Technology sector. Day-to-day involves guiding technical teams, managing client relationships, and overseeing AI solution implementation across telecoms, broadcasting, and media companies.

Lead engineer responsible for designing, architecting, and deploying AI solutions for financial services clients. Involves bridging technical delivery with client needs, ensuring solutions work in regulated environments, and likely mentoring team members on deployed projects.

A customer-facing leadership role within Faculty's Defence team, responsible for managing client relationships in the maritime sector and ensuring successful delivery of AI solutions. Day-to-day involves client engagement, understanding requirements, coordinating delivery, and maintaining partnerships.

Associate role at an AI consulting firm working with government and public sector clients to design, implement, and deliver AI solutions. Day-to-day involves client engagement, understanding business problems, contributing to AI project delivery, and potentially some technical implementation alongside senior consultants.

A customer-facing leadership role responsible for managing relationships with enterprise clients in the energy/sustainability sector, translating their business needs into AI solutions and overseeing successful project delivery and outcomes.

Lead technical expert working with government and public sector clients to design, deliver and deploy AI solutions that solve real-world problems. Likely involves client engagement, technical leadership, architecture decisions, and cross-functional delivery rather than individual coding.

Design and deliver learning programs, educational content, and training frameworks for Faculty's education team and clients. Establish best practices for how AI systems are understood and safely deployed in educational contexts.

Lead business development and client relationships in the life sciences sector for an AI decision intelligence platform company. Translate between technical capabilities and customer needs while driving revenue growth and product strategy in pharmaceutical/biotech verticals.

Lead information security, compliance, and risk management across Faculty's growing global operations, working at the intersection of security policy, technology implementation, and organizational scaling.

Delivery Manager role responsible for coordinating and overseeing the successful deployment of AI projects for national security clients, managing timelines, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional team coordination rather than writing code.

Lead technical strategy and delivery of AI solutions for government and public sector clients, working across the full lifecycle from problem definition through implementation and impact measurement. Balance hands-on technical work with client engagement, team leadership, and strategic decision-making.

Lead product strategy and engineering decisions for an AI-native legal tech startup, working across product vision, technical roadmap, and team leadership rather than hands-on coding.

You'll manage the end-to-end RFP/tender response process for enterprise deals, writing proposals, coordinating inputs from technical and legal teams, and ensuring Ben's pitch is compelling to procurement buyers. This is about translating technical capabilities into winning proposals rather than building products.

Design and build the integrations, automations, and data pipelines that connect the GTM tech stack (CRM, warehouse, AI agents) together, solving growth team bottlenecks through system architecture rather than core product development.

Enterprise Account Executive selling a B2B benefits platform to large organizations. Day-to-day involves prospecting, conducting product demonstrations, building relationships with decision-makers, and closing sales deals while developing strategic account plans.