Forward Deployed Engineer

This role sits within a newly acquired startup building an AI-enabled, autonomous banking platform for Tier-1 financial institutions within the banking group. The Forward Deployed Engineer embeds directly within strategic bank clients as a hands-on engineer — translating modernization ambitions into production software at Tier-1 scale.Operating at the intersection of engineering, architecture, and client relationship, this role demands someone who can ship code, design integrations, and build lasting trust with bank engineering leadership. This role offers the autonomy and ownership of a startup, combined with the scale and long-term impact of FIS. The team shapes how the world's largest banks adopt next-generation core banking infrastructure — operating with clear accountability, enterprise resources, and direct production responsibility. PS~ Candidates located near our FIS office locations in Sydney, Australia & Christchurch, New Zealand will be expected to follow hybrid schedule. What You Will Be DoingCustomer & DiscoveryEmbed and discover~ Work with bank architecture, infrastructure, and product teams to understand their landscape, pain points, and modernization goals. Translate business needs into technical requirementsArchitect~ Design the bank's future-state architecture to unlock accelerated innovationBuild relationships~ Become the trusted technical partner for bank engineering and architecture leadership. Turn a single deployment into an enterprise storyFeed the product~ Translate patterns, friction points, and unmet needs from bank deployments into product requirements and platform improvementsBuild & IntegrationBuild~ Develop proofs of concept and build bank use cases end to end (e.g., digital twins, checking accounts, stablecoin wallets)Integrate~ Connect upstream and downstream systems with integration patterns that are clean, durable, and production-gradeData~ Build and maintain high-performance data pipelines connecting the bank's existing systemsTest and validate~ Run performance tests and validate scale, resilience, and failover behaviorCommercial SupportPresales~ Support sales with technical demos, architecture workshops, and platform education for prospective clientsTravel~ Travel to client sites as needed (expect 25–50% depending on engagement phase)Required QualificationsSystems builder~ Proven track record shipping robust, scalable infrastructure in Go or similar systems languages (Rust, Java)Distributed systems~ Deep experience with Kafka, concurrency patterns, event-driven architectures, and multi-region databasesCloud infrastructure~ Strong background in AWS, GCP, or Azure. SRE principles, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes/OpenShiftData engineering~ Experience building data-intensive systems and distributed data pipelinesAI-native engineer~ Naturally integrates AI into workflow; stays current on LLM capabilities and agentic development patterns4+ years in a technical, customer-facing role~ ...

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