Banking Product Forward Deployed Engineer - Innovation_Delivery_Transformation

Position Summary The Team Are you looking for a unique opportunity with both start-up spirit AND enterprise strength? Deloitte’s Converge for FSI business offers both! We are looking for a talented individual with an innovative mindset to join the Converge for FSI team in our mission to develop differentiated financial services products that achieve product-market fit. This role is focused on BankingSuite, a managed composable banking platform that helps regional, universal, and community banks launch new digital product propositions & services and transform the digital customer experience. This is a great opportunity to be on the frontlines of Deloitte’s innovation & product strategy while staying close to industry/sector priorities. Position Summary We are looking for a highly skilled and client-facing Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) to sit at the intersection of engineering excellence and customer partnership. In this role, you will embed directly with our most strategic clients — particularly in the financial services sector — to understand their toughest technical challenges and help them design and implement world-class solutions using our platform. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role with direct influence on product direction. You are equally comfortable whiteboarding microservices architecture with a client's principal engineer, running a hands-on technical workshop for a team of developers, and standing up a compelling proof-of-concept in days. You thrive in fast-moving, high-stakes environments and know how to earn the trust of deeply technical stakeholders. Recruiting for this role ends on 10/31/2026. Work you’ll do Serve as a technical point of contact for strategic client accounts, building deep relationships with architects, engineers, and technical leadersLead discovery sessions to understand client architectures, pain points, and business objectivesTranslate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling narratives for both technical and non-technical audiencesCollaborate with client architects and internal engineering teams to design scalable, production-ready solutionsProvide authoritative guidance on microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and cloud-native deployment patternsReview and advise on client system designs, identifying risks and recommending best practicesRapidly prototype and build POCs that demonstrate platform value in the context of a client's real-world use casesOwn and deliver polished, technically rigorous demos tailored to the client's specific technology stack and business domainMaintain a library of reusable demo assets and reference implementationsDesign and facilitate deep-dive technical workshops, hackathons, and onboarding bootcamps for client engineering teamsProduce high-quality technical documentation, runbooks, and integration guidesAccelerate client time-to-value by enabling their teams to build confidently and independentlyAct as the voice of the customer — surface product gaps, integration friction, and feature requests to internal product and engineering teamsPartner with Sales, Solutions Architecture, and Product to shape the technical go-to-market strategy The successful candidate would possess these skills: Deep expertise in Java and Spring Boot, including building production-grade microservicesStrong understanding of event-driven architecture — Kafka, event sourcing, CQRS, async messaging patternsHands-on experience with microservices design principles: service decomposition, API design, resiliency patterns, observabilityProficiency across multi-cloud environments, with AWS as a primary platform; working knowledge of Azure and GCPFamiliarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)Exposure to Agentic AI frameworks and tooling — including LangGraph, LangChain, or similar orchestration frameworksPractical understanding of LLM integration patterns, prompt engineering, and AI-powered application designInterest in staying current with the rapidly evolving AI/ML landscape and translating it into client-relevant use casesExceptional communicator — able to lead technical conversations with senior engineers and C-suite stakeholders alikeStrong facilitation skills for running workshops, design reviews, and working sessionsSelf-directed, highly organized, and comfortable managing multiple client engagements simultaneouslyNatural curiosity and a bias for building — you'd rather spin up a demo than write a slide about one Qualifications Required: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing or equivalent field. MBA a plus.5+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent in client-facing, solutions engineering, or field engineering rolesAbility to travel 20-30%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future. Preferred: Background in financial services, specifically banking, payments, or fintechs strongly preferredExperience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practicesContributions to open-source projects or public technical content (talks, blogs, repos)Prior experience in a startup or high-growth SaaS environmentRelevant cloud certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, GCP Professional, etc.) The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $105,400-$207,800. You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. This position is aligned with the Core Talent Model. To view the associated benefit package, please reference this document. Deloitte is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruiting process, please direct your inquiries to the Global Call Center (GCC) at View email address on click.appcast.io. 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