Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Synechron
Position Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to bridge the gap between software engineering, data, AI solutions, and business stakeholders. This role involves working directly with business users, product teams, and engineering organizations to design, build, deploy, and scale technology solutions that solve complex business problems. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering skills with client-facing communication, problem-solving, and solution architecture expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner directly with business stakeholders, product owners, and technology teams to understand business challenges and translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Design, develop, and deploy enterprise-grade applications, platforms, and AI-enabled solutions.
- Work closely with end users to identify opportunities for automation, workflow optimization, and process transformation.
- Build APIs, microservices, integrations, and data pipelines to support business-critical applications.
- Lead proof-of-concepts (POCs), rapid prototyping, and solution validation initiatives.
- Deploy solutions into cloud and on-premise environments while ensuring security, scalability, and compliance.
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, AI/ML, DevOps, and Architecture teams to drive successful implementations.
- Troubleshoot production issues, optimize system performance, and enhance solution reliability.
- Present technical recommendations and implementation strategies to business and executive stakeholders.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automation, observability, and cloud-native development.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
- 5+ years of software engineering, solution engineering, or platform development experience.
- Strong programming experience in one or more languages:
- Python
- Java
- Go
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- Experience building RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms:
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Strong understanding of software architecture, system design, and application scalability.
- Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Knowledge of DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Excellent stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AI/ML, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG frameworks, or Agentic AI solutions.
- Knowledge of banking and financial services domain.
- Experience with enterprise data platforms and analytics solutions.
- Familiarity with Kafka, Spark, Snowflake, Databricks, or modern data ecosystems.
- Exposure to platform engineering and site reliability engineering concepts.
- Experience managing customer-facing technical engagements.
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