Forward Deployed Engineer

About Our Client

Our client is an AI-powered financial crime and compliance platform helping global organizations manage risk across customer relationships. Their cloud-native intelligence platform enables teams to identify, screen, and monitor fraud, sanctions, and AML risk in real time.

They operate globally and are actively expanding into new markets, including the UK, as demand for modern compliance infrastructure continues to grow.

Why Join Them?

This is a chance to step into a company that’s hitting real momentum in a category that isn’t slowing down.

• ~5X growth over the past two years with strong retention metrics
• Expanding globally, including a growing presence in the UK
• Operating in a mission-critical space where budget is protected
• Recognized as a leader in financial crime and risk intelligence
• Building at the intersection of AI, data, and compliance

Role Overview

This is a deeply technical, client-facing role operating at the intersection of engineering, product, and go-to-market.

You will work directly with enterprise clients to understand complex integration requirements, design solution architectures, and guide implementations from early-stage pilots through full production deployment.

This is not a surface-level solutions role.

You should be comfortable walking into a room with a client’s engineering team, breaking down their systems, whiteboarding an integration, and defending your technical decisions. Just as important, you’ll translate those learnings into clear direction for internal product and engineering teams.

You will play a critical role in ensuring customers successfully integrate and scale on the platform while influencing how the product evolves based on real-world usage.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the technical relationship with enterprise clients end-to-end
• Lead technical discovery sessions and break down complex system requirements
• Design and architect integrations across APIs, data pipelines, and external systems
• Guide clients through implementation, testing, and production go-live
• Support pilots and POCs tied to high-value, multi-stakeholder deals
• Write SQL queries and scripts to troubleshoot issues, analyze data, and support integrations
• Identify friction points in integrations and translate them into actionable product feedback
• Develop and maintain technical documentation including API references and architecture frameworks

Non-Negotiables

• 5+ years in a hands-on, technical, client-facing role (Solutions Engineering, FDE, Implementation Engineering, etc.)
• Strong systems design capability
• You think in data flows, edge cases, failure modes, and scalability
• You can whiteboard and defend an architecture
• Deep experience with REST APIs and building integrations
• Advanced SQL proficiency (debugging, querying, analyzing production data)
• Strong scripting ability (Python, JavaScript, or similar)
• Proven ability to work directly with enterprise engineering teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS or cloud-native environments
• Exposure to fintech, payments, or compliance systems
• Full-stack or backend engineering experience
• Experience in startup or high-growth environments
• Ability to influence product direction through technical feedback

Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $110,000 – $160,000 (plus OTE ~ 200k-205k) 
• Equity: competitive
• Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and commuter benefits
• Flexible PTO and remote work environment