Remote Forward Deployed Engineer - Banking Platforms - AI-Driven Core Banking Tech

I'm working with a fast-moving team building an AI-enabled, autonomous banking platform for Tier-1 financial institutions - backed by the scale and resources of a major global fintech, but operating with the speed and autonomy of a startup. This is a rare chance to ship production code that directly shapes how the world's largest banks modernise their core infrastructure.

The role

My client is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer who'll embed directly with strategic bank clients as a hands-on engineer and trusted technical partner. You'll be:

Discovering pain points across architecture, infrastructure, and product teams, then designing the bank's future-state architecture
Building proofs of concept and end-to-end use cases - think digital twins, checking accounts, stablecoin wallets
Architecting clean, production-grade integrations across upstream and downstream systems
Building high-performance data pipelines connecting legacy and modern systems
Running performance, resilience, and failover testing at scale
Supporting presales with demos, workshops, and architecture education
Feeding learnings from the field back into the product roadmap

Remote-first but expect travel to client sites of roughly 25–50%, depending on engagement phase.

What my client is looking for

A proven systems builder in Go or Rust
Deep distributed systems experience - Kafka, concurrency, event-driven architectures, multi-region databases
Strong cloud background (AWS/GCP/Azure), SRE principles, IaC, Kubernetes/OpenShift
Experience building data-intensive pipelines
An AI-native mindset - comfortable with LLMs and agentic development patterns
4+ years in a customer-facing technical role: Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Architect, Consultant, or Senior Software Engineer
Bonus points for fintech/banking domain knowledge (transaction flows, core banking systems)

Operating style

This is a high-agency role for someone who thrives without a playbook and is comfortable writing one. Ownership matters here - if something breaks before go-live, you fix it and build the system so it doesn't happen again. You'll move naturally between coding, architecture, and client-facing workshops.

Why apply

Direct, visible impact on core banking platforms used by Tier-1 global institutions. High autonomy in a small, senior team. Startup energy backed by enterprise resources and a clear line from your work to production.

Package: 4 weeks PTO, medical & dental, sign-on bonus eligibility, 401(k) match, paid national holidays, annual bonus.

Get in touch if you'd like to hear more or be considered for this role.