Forward Deployed Engineer / Remote / FinTech
motion recruitmentChicago (IL)
Forward Deployed Engineer / Remote / FinTech
Posted 21 days ago
motion recruitmentChicago (IL)
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About the role
Chicago, Illinois Remote LocalFull Time$190k - $250kAn 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. Required Skills & 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 GCP) Experience designing distributed systems Customer-facing or stakeholder-facing experience Strong communication and presentation skills Experience gathering ambiguous requirements and translating them into solutions
Desired Skills & Experience:
Financial services or banking experience Core banking systems exposure Kubernetes or OpenShift experience Infrastructure-as-Code experience High-throughput data pipeline development AI-assisted software development workflows Consulting or solution architecture background
What You Will Be Doing:
- Tech Breakdown 30% Backend Development 25% Distributed Systems / Kafka 20% Cloud & Kubernetes 15% Architecture & Design 10% AI & Emerging Technologies
- Daily Responsibilities 70% Hands-On Engineering 10% Technical Leadership 20% Client & Team Collaboration
- The Offer
- Competitive salary
- You will receive the following benefits: 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.#LI-CD1
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