Forward Deployed Engineer / Remote / FinTech

Motion Recruitment

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

40 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation

401(k)

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to transform banking technology for top financial institutions. You will blend software engineering, architecture, and customer engagement to deliver enterprise-scale solutions, working directly with client stakeholders and influencing architectural decisions.

The role combines deep technical work with business impact, offering startup-style ownership and exposure to executive leadership in a fast-paced fintech environment.

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 GCP).
Experience designing distributed systems.
Customer-facing or stakeholder-facing experience.
Strong communication and presentation skills.
Experience gathering ambiguous requirements and translating them into solutions.
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.

Responsibilities

30% Backend Development
25% Distributed Systems / Kafka
20% Cloud & Kubernetes
15% Architecture & Design
10% AI & Emerging Technologies
70% Hands-On Engineering
10% Technical Leadership
20% Client & Team Collaboration

Skills

Go programming

Java

Kafka

AWS

Azure

GCP

Distributed systems

Customer-facing

Communication

Requirements gathering

Banking experience

Core banking systems

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Infrastructure-as-Code

High-throughput data pipelines

AI-assisted development

Consulting / solution architecture

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