Forward Deployed Engineer

Jobicy; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Banyan Software is seeking an exceptional Forward Deployed Engineer to embed with delivery teams and accelerate modernization across enterprise applications. You will drive cloud-native re-platforming, microservices adoption, and AI-assisted SDLC practices while mentoring teams and maintaining high engineering standards.

The role demands hands-on software development, strong consulting skills, and the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to deliver measurable improvements in delivery

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• Full stack experience across front-end, back-end, database, and infrastructure.
• Strong AWS cloud native & IaC (Terraform).
• Consulting and change-management capabilities.
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps.
• Knowledge of microservices, serverless, event-driven architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead modernization with application teams and AWS/cloud-native architectures.
• Drive AI-assisted SDLC adoption and upskilling.
• Consult with diverse teams to remove bottlenecks and drive change.
• Contribute code, build CI/CD pipelines, and IaC (Terraform).
• Provide feedback to the AI Factory to improve tooling.
• Ensure adherence to engineering standards and Twelve-Factor App.

Skills

Experience 5+ yrs

Full stack

Cloud native

IaC (Terraform)

Consulting

DevSecOps

CI/CD

DDD knowledge

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. With a buy-grow-and-hold-for-life approach and a permanent capital base, Banyan acquires and grows companies worldwide, honoring founder legacies and helping portfolio companies modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. Founded in 2016, Banyan operates more than 120 portfolio companies across North and South America, Europe, and APAC, and has appeared on the Inc. 5000 list for six consecutive years. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world.

Overview

We are looking for an exceptional full-stack software engineer who will act as a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to serve as the critical interface between the central AI Application Modernization Factory and our application teams. The FDE will be temporarily embedded within delivery teams to directly drive the modernization of key applications, ensuring technical success, accelerated adoption of AI-assisted SDLC practices, and lasting upskilling of team members. This is a high-impact, hybrid role requiring advanced software engineering skills, deep knowledge of cloud-native patterns, and proven expertise in consultation, change management, and building strong rapport with diverse teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Application Modernization Execution: Embed with application teams to provide hands-on technical leadership, driving the design, development, and delivery of modernization efforts (re-platforming, microservices adoption) to AWS cloud-native architectures.
• AI-First SDLC Adoption & Upskilling: Act as the subject matter expert on the AI Modernization Factory’s tools and processes (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code). Drive the adoption and change management necessary to embed AI-assisted software development practices into the team’s daily workflow.
• Consultative Engineering & Change Management: Build trust and rapport with new, diverse teams quickly. Identify team-specific technical and process bottlenecks, recommending and implementing solutions, and effectively managing the people/process side of technical change.
• Hands-on Software Development: Make significant code contributions, focusing on setting up architectural scaffolding, CI/CD pipelines, IaC (Terraform), and solving complex, blocking integration challenges for the embedded team.
• Feedback Loop: Serve as the primary feedback channel, relaying practical challenges, tool deficiencies, and necessary process adjustments back to the central Principal Engineer and Architect to continuously improve the factory’s capabilities.
• Standards & Quality: Ensure embedded teams adhere to the central factory’s engineering standards, including Twelve-Factor App principles, DevSecOps practices, and high-quality coding standards.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience in Software Engineering, with a focus on enterprise applications and application modernization.
• Full Stack Proficiency: Strong hands-on experience across the full application stack (front-end, back-end, database, infrastructure). Expert proficiency in one or more modern technology languages (e.g., Python, TypeScript, C#, Java).
• Cloud Native & IaC: Deep practical experience building and deploying scalable applications on AWS. Strong proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), specifically Terraform.
• Consulting & Change Management: Proven ability to onboard rapidly, assess team dynamics and technical landscapes, influence technical direction without formal authority, and drive organizational/process change within established engineering teams.
• DevSecOps & CI/CD: Hands-on mastery of setting up and optimizing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and integrating DevSecOps best practices.
• Architectural Understanding: Solid understanding of modern architectural patterns (microservices, serverless, event-driven architecture) and the principles of Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional communication, presentation, and listening skills. Ability to articulate complex technical issues and solutions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders effectively.

Preferred Skills (A Plus)

• Prior experience in a consulting, Staff Engineer, or Forward Deployed role, specifically focused on technical adoption or modernization.
• Direct experience training or mentoring other software engineers in new technologies or methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with modern UI frameworks like React, NextJS, or similar.
• Experience utilizing AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) in a professional development environment.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes) and serverless architectures (AWS Lambda).

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan

Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.