Forward-Deployed Engineer for Banks & Bitcoin Infra

Blox Space; Zürich; On-site; CHF 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Blox Space is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to sit inside banking teams and drive deployments from kickoff to production across Europe. You will handle integrations and customizations in customer environments, delivering bank-grade solutions with an AI-first approach.

The ideal candidate has deep financial-industry knowledge, hands-on experience with Kafka and Azure, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Multiple years delivering projects inside financial institutions (5+ preferred).
• Financial-industry understanding first, digital assets second.
• Hands-on with bank-grade tech: Kafka, Azure, and serverless architectures.
• Able to blend technical work with business language and client needs.
• AI-first prototyping experience to close gaps in real-world deployments.
• German language skills a strong plus; French welcome; English required.

Responsibilities

• Embed with the bank's team and deliver deployments from kickoff to production.
• Handle integrations and customizations inside the customer's environment.
• Support the full project lifecycle and feed gaps back to the product team.
• Drive customer success and ensure smooth transition to production.

Skills

Financial-industry understanding

Bank-grade tech

Kafka integrations

Azure cloud

Serverless architectures

AI-first prototyping

Business communication

German language

French language

Excellent English

Tools

Kafka

Azure

Job description

Blox Space is hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer to sit inside banking teams and drive deployments from kickoff to production across Europe. You will handle integrations and customizations in customer environments, delivering bank-grade solutions with an AI-first approach.

The ideal candidate has deep financial-industry knowledge, hands-on experience with Kafka and Azure, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.