Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron's progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20+ years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 17,000, and has 58 offices in 22 countries within key global markets.

Our Challenge

We are seeking a highly motivated Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to design, implement, and support technical solutions that address complex business challenges. This role combines software engineering, solution architecture, data integration, and client-facing consulting responsibilities.

The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.

Job description

• Partner closely with clients to understand business requirements and technical challenges.
• Design, develop, and deploy custom software solutions tailored to client needs.
• Build and maintain integrations between enterprise applications, databases, APIs, and third-party systems.
• Develop and optimize backend services, microservices, and data pipelines.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and infrastructure teams to implement scalable solutions.
• Support client onboarding, implementation, and post-deployment activities.
• Conduct technical workshops, solution demonstrations, and architecture discussions with stakeholders.
• Analyze system performance and recommend improvements to increase reliability and efficiency.
• Create technical documentation, implementation guides, and knowledge-transfer materials.
• Participate in deployment planning, release management, and production support activities.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between clients and internal engineering teams.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of technical experience across software engineering, data engineering, systems integration, technical consulting, solutions engineering or similar.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with the ability to reason across APIs, data models, infrastructure, security and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with Python, SQL, APIs, cloud environments and data integrations.
• Experience owning complex customer-facing technical projects from an ambiguous starting point through production.
• Comfortable operating without a detailed playbook and figuring things out as you go.
• Strong enough technically to earn credibility with engineers, but commercial enough to understand why the problem matters to the customer.
• Excellent communication skills across engineering teams, executives and operational users.
• Highly AI-native — you actively use modern AI tools to build, investigate, analyze and move faster.
• Willingness to travel regularly and spend meaningful time alongside customers.

We offer:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad.
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays).
• Maternity & paternity leave plans.
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region).
• Retirement savings plans.
• A higher education certification policy.
• Commuter benefits (varies by region).
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses.
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups.
• Cutting edge projects at the world's leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms.
• A flat and approachable organization.
• A truly diverse, fun-loving, and global work culture.

SYNECHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative 'Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture – promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.