Forward-Deployed Java Engineer for Gen AI Solutions

Synechron; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 125,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Global opportunities

Extensive training opportunities

Job summary

Synechron, a global consulting firm, seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer skilled in Java and AI‑assisted development to design and deliver scalable, enterprise-grade solutions for financial services and tech clients. You will collaborate with customers, product teams, and architects to translate complex requirements into robust architectures.

The role emphasizes independent work in dynamic, customer-facing environments, with focus on modern software practices, AI tooling, and secure, maintainable

Qualifications

• Professional software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on programming experience with Java 8+ and modern Java features.
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot, Spring Framework, REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise application development.
• Experience designing and developing scalable, high-performance distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and system design.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, or equivalent.
• Experience developing and integrating RESTful APIs, event-driven systems, and third-party services.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Strong experience with CI/CD, Git, automated testing, containerization, and deployment automation.
• Practical experience using Devin AI for software development, debugging, code generation, task execution, or engineering workflows.
• Practical experience using Claude Code for code generation, refactoring, testing, repository analysis, debugging, and developer productivity.
• Ability to review and validate AI-generated code for correctness, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively in dynamic, customer-facing environments.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making abilities.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with customers and internal stakeholders to understand business requirements, technical challenges, and desired outcomes.
• Design and implement scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions using Java and the broader Java ecosystem.
• Build prototypes, proof-of-concepts, integrations, and production-ready applications in fast-paced environments.
• Lead technical discovery sessions, solution design discussions, architecture reviews, and implementation workshops.
• Translate customer requirements into technical designs, development plans, and executable deliverables.
• Develop backend services, APIs, microservices, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Use Devin AI, Claude Code, and other AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, accelerate delivery, and automate repetitive development tasks.
• Effectively prompt, guide, review, test, and validate AI-generated code.
• Establish engineering guardrails for AI-assisted development, including code quality, security, testing, maintainability, and compliance.
• Troubleshoot complex production and integration issues across application, infrastructure, and data layers.
• Collaborate with DevOps, cloud, security, data, product, and customer engineering teams.
• Deploy and support solutions in cloud and customer environments.
• Create technical documentation, architecture diagrams, implementation guides, and operational runbooks.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to best practices around modern software development and AI-enabled engineering.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor and represent the organization in customer-facing engagements.

Skills

Java programming

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

Object-oriented design

Data structures

Algorithms

Concurrency

System design

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Git

Automated testing

AI tooling

AI-assisted development

Tools

Devin AI

Claude Code

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Synechron, a global consulting firm, seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer skilled in Java and AI‑assisted development to design and deliver scalable, enterprise-grade solutions for financial services and tech clients. You will collaborate with customers, product teams, and architects to translate complex requirements into robust architectures.

The role emphasizes independent work in dynamic, customer-facing environments, with focus on modern software practices, AI tooling, and secure, maintainable