Client-Facing Forward Deployed Engineer – WealthTech

Alpheya; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 180,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpheya in Abu Dhabi seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge our wealth-tech platform with client environments. You will own adapter development and coordinate deployments, translating client constraints into concrete tech specs.

You’ll work directly with banks and financial institutions, traveling to client sites (<20%), and solving real-world production challenges that drive platform evolution. A startup mindset with enterprise-scale impact is essential.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in general-purpose programming languages; stack includes TypeScript and Go.
• Experience contributing to client adapters via data mapping and API integrations.
• Experience debugging cloud-native environments; familiarity with relational databases, Kubernetes, Temporal, logs, traces.
• Ownership mindset and accountability for client success.
• Excellent communication for technical calls and client interactions.
• Collaborative approach to working with internal teams and external clients.
• Ability to translate technical constraints into business requirements and vice versa.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate end-to-end technical delivery for specific clients.
• Run technical calls, reviews, and sign-offs with client teams.
• Translate technical constraints into internal requirements and collaborate with clients to develop feasible implementation strategies.
• Travel to client sites as needed (<20% travel expected).
• Technical Implementation Lead client-specific adapter implementation in customer environments.
• Make architectural decisions within defined scope and elevate platform-level concerns to Principal Engineers.
• Collaborate with internal engineering teams, POs, and TLs on client-requested core feature implementation guidance, prioritization, and validation.
• Work with infrastructure teams on deployments, release validation, multi-tenancy design, and deployment strategy.

Skills

TypeScript

Go

Kubernetes

Temporal

Relational Databases

Job description

Alpheya in Abu Dhabi seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to bridge our wealth-tech platform with client environments. You will own adapter development and coordinate deployments, translating client constraints into concrete tech specs.

You’ll work directly with banks and financial institutions, traveling to client sites (<20%), and solving real-world production challenges that drive platform evolution. A startup mindset with enterprise-scale impact is essential.