Remote Forward-Deployed Engineer for FinTech Systems

Kelly Services; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 190,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Paid vacation

401(k)

Professional development

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners in Chicago, IL is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to help transform banking technology for large financial institutions. This full-time role blends software engineering, solution architecture, cloud technologies, and direct customer engagement.

You will work with Go or Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, and modern cloud platforms, shaping architectures and delivering mission-critical banking solutions hands-on with client stakeholders.

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.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on engineering across the stack with a focus on delivering production-grade solutions.
• Collaborate with clients to gather requirements and translate them into architecture.
• Lead and contribute to architectural decisions and design discussions.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure successful deployment and adoption.

Skills

5+ years experience

Go/Java

Kafka/event-driven

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Customer-facing

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners in Chicago, IL is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to help transform banking technology for large financial institutions. This full-time role blends software engineering, solution architecture, cloud technologies, and direct customer engagement.

You will work with Go or Java, Kafka, Kubernetes, and modern cloud platforms, shaping architectures and delivering mission-critical banking solutions hands-on with client stakeholders.