Forward Deployed Engineer
Full-time
Opus Technologies
Designation/Role: Lead / Developer – Forward Deployed Engineer
Experience – 8+ years
Job Description :
- 8+ years of experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer delivering production software, including 3+ years within a single industry across multiple functions or horizontal domains.
- Own end-to-end solution delivery, from customer discovery and success metrics to production deployment.
- Translate complex business challenges into technical architectures, implementation roadmaps, and scalable solutions.
- Build production-grade backend services, APIs, microservices, data pipelines, and payment integrations.
- Develop and deploy AI/ML solutions for fraud detection, risk modeling, dispute automation, and reconciliation.
- Build LLM-powered applications and AI agents using RAG, tool calling, and multi-agent orchestration.
- Leverage AI coding assistants and automation tools to accelerate engineering productivity.
- Design secure, compliant, and auditable systems aligned with PCI DSS and data privacy requirements.
- Collaborate with customer engineering teams, business stakeholders, and senior executives to drive measurable outcomes.
- Partner with leadership to shape AI strategies, present technical solutions, identify opportunities, and support account growth.
Technical Skills
- Programming: Python, Java, or Go; APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Data Engineering: SQL, Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, streaming pipelines, and workflow automation.
- AI/ML: Statistical modeling, fraud and risk analytics, XGBoost, PyTorch, and MLOps.
- Agentic AI: RAG, LLM applications, tool calling, LangGraph, MCP, AI evaluations, and guardrails.
- Payments & Compliance: Card networks, ISO 8583/20022, ACH, RTP, SEPA, SWIFT, settlement, PCI DSS, KYC, and AML.
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- Ability to communicate effectively across multiple audiences, including firm-wide business units, senior leaders, associates and clients.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation.
- Strong planning and organizational skills
Opus Technologies is a trusted engineering partner to payment providers, banks, and fintechs navigating change in a real-time, digital-first world. We solve for business value—accelerating go-to-market, unlocking future readiness, and powering transformation at scale.
Our promise is simple: Business Value Acceleration. Realization. Maximization.
We deliver on this promise through the Opus trifecta—a domain-native engineering skillset, a value-creation mindset, and a toolset that drives business agility. From MVP (Minimum Viable Product) to MPT (Maximum Possible Transformation), Opus turns engineering into a business advantage.
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