Overview:
As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Deloitte Converge for FSI, you embed with strategic financial services clients to design and implement platform-driven solutions. You will lead architecture discussions, run hands-on workshops, and prototype proofs-of-concept to demonstrate value quickly. Your work translates complex tech for diverse audiences and helps steer product direction. You collaborate across Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Product to deliver scalable, production-ready outcomes and advocate for the customer. Compensation / Benefits discretionary annual incentive program professional development opportunities
Responsibilities:
Serve as a technical point of contact for strategic client accounts and build relationships with architects and engineers Lead discovery sessions to understand client architectures, pain points, and objectives Translate complex technical concepts for technical and non-technical audiences Collaborate with client architects and internal teams to design scalable, production-ready solutions Provide guidance on microservices, event-driven systems, and cloud-native deployment Review client designs, identify risks, and advise on best practices Rapidly prototype and build POCs to demonstrate platform value in real-world use cases Deliver polished, technically rigorous demos tailored to client tech stacks Maintain a library of reusable demo assets and reference implementations Design and facilitate deep-dive technical workshops, hackathons, and onboarding bootcamps Produce high-quality technical documentation and runbooks Accelerate client time-to-value by enabling teams to build independently Act as voice of the customer to surface gaps and feature requests to product/engineering Partner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Product to shape technical go-to-market strategy
Key requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; MBA a plus 5+ years of software engineering experience with client-facing or field engineering roles Ability to travel 20-40% Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship Exceptional communicator with the ability to lead technical conversations with senior engineers and C-suite stakeholders Strong facilitation and workshop leadership skills Self-directed, highly organized, capable of managing multiple engagements Java and Spring Boot, production-grade microservices Event-driven architecture (Kafka, event sourcing, CQRS, async messaging) Microservices design principles (decomposition, API design, resiliency, observability)
