Forward Deployed Engineer/Remote/FinTech
Oak Lawn, Cook County, Illinois, 60453, USA
Listed on 2026-10-04
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Software Development
Cloud Engineer - Software, Backend Developer, Software Engineer, DevOps
An innovative financial technology organization is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to help transform banking technology for some of the largest financial institutions in the world. This full-time opportunity combines software engineering, solution architecture, cloud technologies, and customer engagement. The ideal candidate will bring experience building distributed applications using technologies such as Go, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, and modern cloud platforms.
This is a unique opportunity for someone who enjoys both technical depth and business impact. Rather than operating behind the scenes, this engineer will work directly with customer stakeholders, influence architectural decisions, and build solutions that become part of mission-critical banking environments. The organization offers startup-style ownership, exposure to executive leadership, and the ability to deliver software at enterprise scale while remaining deeply hands-on.
RequiredSkills & Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience building and deploying production applications
- Strong programming experience with Go, Java, or comparable languages
- Kafka and event-driven architecture experience
- Cloud platform expertise (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
- Experience designing distributed systems
- Customer-facing or stakeholder-facing experience
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Experience gathering ambiguous requirements and translating them into solutions
- Financial services or banking experience
- Core banking systems exposure
- Kubernetes or Open Shift experience
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience
- High-throughput data pipeline development
- AI-assisted software development workflows
- Consulting or solution architecture background
- 30% Backend Development
- 25% Distributed Systems / Kafka
- 20% Cloud & Kubernetes
- 15% Architecture & Design
- 10% AI & Emerging Technologies
- 70% Hands-On Engineering
- 10% Technical Leadership
- 20% Client & Team Collaboration
- Competitive salary
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k)
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Flexible Work Environment
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.
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