Forward Deployed Engineer

Medium; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech scale-up is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to gather user insights and drive product features. The ideal candidate will have exceptional software engineering skills, experience with system design, and strong stakeholder communication. This role offers a competitive salary and equity, alongside a flexible hybrid working model based in London.

Benefits

Competitive Salary and Equity

Diverse and Inclusive Team

Flexible Benefits

Health and Well-being

Quality Time Together

Personal Time Off

Flexibility and Ownership

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing, building, and shipping scalable systems.
• End-to-end feature ownership from requirements to deployment.
• Effective communication of technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Gather insights from customers to inform product features.
• Rapidly implement and ship new features based on user feedback.
• Translate business objectives into engineering tasks.

Skills

Software engineering

System design

C#

Python

Typescript

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Modern developer tools

Job description

Job Title:Forward Deployed Engineer

Type:Full-time

Location:London

About us

Launched in 2023, INFINIT is a fast-growing fintech scale-up operating in multiple countries across Europe and Americas.

At INFINIT we are on a mission to reshape the future of SMEs with AI at the forefront. Our all-in-one operating system has banking at its core, and empowers small business owners and their teams to seamlessly manage and optimize every aspect of their business with AI agents.

By focussing on specific industries, INFINIT delivers tailored, high-value solutions, while building innovative AI products to further unlock significant growth opportunities for our customers. INFINIT operates globally, with ambitions to further expand its footprint to redefine the fintech landscape for SMEs worldwide.

Join us on the INFINIT journey as we revolutionise the SME economy and drive meaningful impact through innovation 🚀

Role

We are hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to accelerate our product development cycle. This role is built on the philosophy that the fastest path to great product is direct proximity to the customer. The FDE's primary responsibility is to gather immediate, high-value usage insights and rapidly translate them into features. Time is strategically split between conducting these high-value interactions and rapidly writing and shipping new features.

This role demands strong software engineering proficiency and acute product judgment to prioritize and ship high-impact features quickly. You will be the critical link ensuring development decisions are data-driven and maximize user value.

Requirements

• Exceptional software engineering and system design capability, with proven experience designing, building, and shipping production-grade, highly available, and scalable systems across the full stack (including C#, Python, and Typescript proficiency), always prioritizing technical clarity and maintainable architecture.
• Demonstrated end-to-end feature ownership, driving the entire development lifecycle from analyzing customer needs and defining requirements to robust implementation, QA, and deployment, and maintaining high accountability for the final user and business outcome.
• Highly effective stakeholder communication, capable of seamlessly translating deep technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders (customers, product managers) and clearly translating business objectives into prioritized engineering tasks.
• Practical experience leveraging modern developer tools (such as agentic coding or advanced automation techniques) to achieve significantly accelerated development velocity while rigorously upholding code quality standards.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and Equity: We offer highly competitive salaries and a stake in our success with share options because we're building this together.
• Diverse and Inclusive Team: Join a dynamic and international team in excess of 8 nationalities. You'll have the chance to work with experienced professionals from around the world, fostering a rich learning environment.
• Inspiring Mission: We are dedicated to revolutionizing business financing and making a positive impact on the European economy. Your work at INFINIT will have a lasting effect on businesses and communities.
• Flexible Benefits: Access Flexible Retribution benefits through a convenient mobile app.
• Health and Well-being: Your health matters to us. You will have access to top-quality Medical & Mental Health Insurance.
• Quality Time Together: We foster a sense of community with annual gatherings and bi-weekly office team gatherings. You're more than welcome to join us for quality time.
• Personal Time Off: Enjoy flexibility with your personal time off.
• Flexibility and Ownership: We trust our team and we are goal-oriented. Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working 3 days a week in our London office and 2 days at home.

Diversity and Inclusion

INFINIT promotes an inclusive culture that seeks equity and values different perspectives. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.