Forward Deployed Engineer / Remote / FinTech

Motion Recruitment; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

401(k)

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to help transform banking technology for major financial institutions. This full-time role blends software engineering, solution architecture, cloud technologies, and customer engagement, with hands-on work directly with client stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software engineering experience and is proficient in Go and Java, with Kafka, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms.

Qualifications

• 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 Google Cloud Platform).
• Experience designing distributed systems.
• Customer-facing or stakeholder-facing experience.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• 70% Hands-On Engineering
• 10% Technical Leadership
• 20% Client & Team Collaboration

Skills

Go

Java

Kafka

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Customer-facing

Communication

Job description

An 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 Google Cloud Platform)
• 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.