Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer Spread Products (Financing & Securitization) to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Java, Python, Spring Boot, Microservices, CI/CD, and container orchestration and a proven ability to deliver production-grade solutions for trading, risk, and operations use cases while owning discovery through production readiness.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary technical point of contact embedded with client teams to gather requirements and define delivery plans.
• Prototype and deliver production-ready applications in Java or Python to solve trading, risk, and operational problems.
• Translate ambiguous business asks into clear technical specifications and sequencing.
• Architect and build scalable, resilient services using Spring Boot, REST/gRPC, and microservices patterns.
• Leverage Python frameworks for APIs, analytics, and automation as appropriate.
• Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD with Tekton/OpenShift Pipelines and Jenkins.
• Deploy and operate containerized workloads on OpenShift/Kubernetes with best practices for reliability and security.
• Model data and optimize queries across Oracle Database, MS SQL Server, and MongoDB.
• Ensure enterprise-grade security, auditability, and compliance throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Produce documentation and communicate architecture decisions to technical and business stakeholders.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Expertise in Java (Core Java, Java 17+, Spring Boot, Microservices, REST/gRPC) and production experience in Python 3.x.
• Hands-on with Python frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask/Django, and data libraries like Pandas/NumPy.
• CI/CD with Tekton (Red Hat OpenShift Pipelines) and Jenkins.
• Containers and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift.
• Database expertise with Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, and MongoDB, including performance tuning and schema design.
• API and integration experience with REST and messaging/streaming platforms such as Kafka or similar.
• Security-first mindset with secure coding practices and auditability for financial data.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience in full-stack or backend roles with customer-facing delivery exposure.

Preferred Skills:

• Monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, and ELK/Splunk.
• Event-driven architectures and streaming design patterns.
• Python-based analytics and quant tooling including Jupyter and scikit-learn.
• Scripting and automation that combine Java and Python within one pipeline.
• Domain knowledge in Fintech, Capital Markets, or Securitization (ABS, MBS).