Forward Deployed Engineer

FIS

Forward Deployed Engineer building AI-enabled banking infrastructure for Tier-1 financial institutions. Embedding with bank clients to architect, integrate, and ship production-scale systems.

Posted 8/17/2026full-timeFlorida, South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $179,470 - $305,100 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and implementing scalable bank architecture, integrating advanced technologies such as AI and event-driven systems, while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet modernization goals. Proven ability to build high-performance data pipelines and support client engagements through technical demonstrations and architecture workshops.

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Go Programming LanguageKafkaAWSKubernetesData Pipeline Development

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure as CodeConcurrency PatternsEvent-Driven ArchitectureMulti-Region DatabasesDigital TwinsStablecoin WalletsPerformance TestingIntegration PatternsSRE PrinciplesAI Integration

Soft Skills

Ownership MindsetProblem-SolvingAdaptabilityCollaborationWorkshop Leadership

Tools & Technologies

GCPAzureOpenShiftBanking TechnologyCore Banking Systems

Industry Keywords

Financial Transaction FlowsBank ArchitectureModernization GoalsCustomer-Facing RoleTechnical Demos

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKafkaKubernetesOpenShiftRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Work directly with bank architecture, infrastructure, and product teams to understand their landscapes, pain points, and modernization goals
Translate business needs into technical requirements
Design future-state bank architecture to accelerate innovation
Build trusted technical relationships with bank engineering and architecture leadership
Translate deployment patterns, friction points, and unmet needs into product requirements and platform improvements
Develop proofs of concept and build bank use cases end to end, including digital twins, checking accounts, and stablecoin wallets
Connect upstream and downstream systems using clean, durable, production-grade integration patterns
Build and maintain high-performance data pipelines connecting existing bank systems
Run performance tests and validate scale, resilience, and failover behavior
Support sales with technical demos, architecture workshops, and platform education for prospective clients
Travel to client sites as needed, with expected travel of 25–50% depending on engagement phase

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven track record shipping robust, scalable infrastructure in Go or similar systems languages such as Rust or Java
Deep experience with Kafka, concurrency patterns, event-driven architectures, and multi-region databases
Strong background in AWS, GCP, or Azure
Experience with SRE principles, infrastructure as code, and Kubernetes/OpenShift
Experience building data-intensive systems and distributed data pipelines
Ability to integrate AI into workflows and stay current on LLM capabilities and agentic development patterns
4+ years in a technical, customer-facing role such as Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Architect, Consultant, or Software Engineer
Preference for knowledge of financial transaction flows, core banking systems, or banking technology
Ability to thrive in ambiguity and create processes where none exist
Ownership mindset and ability to fix issues before go-live and prevent recurrence
Versatility across coding, architecture design, and workshop leadership
Expected travel to client sites of 25–50% depending on engagement phase

Benefits

Comp & perks

Opportunities to make an impact in fintech
Personal and professional learning
Inclusive, diverse work environment
Resources to give back to your community
Competitive salary and benefits
High autonomy and accountability within a small, senior team
Work shipped directly to production environments at enterprise scale