Forward Deployed Engineer - Platform

OpenCoreOS • New York, NY

2d • Onsite

About The Position

About OpenCoreOS
• We're building the first open-source "Thin Ledger", designed to replace legacy core systems with a Golang-based, Protobuf-defined, event-driven platform powered by Kafka, Redis, and multi-region CockroachDB/YugabyteDB.
• Our platform is AI-native from the ground up: autonomous SRE agents, AI-generated runbooks, and everything-as-code—from policies to infrastructure definitions.
• We're mission-critical by default, targeting five-nines uptime and multi-region failover for regulated institutions.
• We work openly and fast, and colocate in Huckletree, Liverpool St, London for in-person collaboration, supported by async-friendly workflows.
What you'll do
Customer-facing engineer: As part of a forward deployed Pod consisting of business
and technical skillsets, act as the customer-facing engineer to translate business needs
into software that works in Production at Tier 1 banks
Architect: Embed within the bank’s architecture and infrastructure teams to design the
bank’s future state architecture leveraging OpenCoreOS to unlock accelerated innovation
by architecting distributed systems for resilience, scale, and five-nines reliability
Integration: Integrate OpenCoreOS into customer cloud estates leveraging AI to
accelerate progress
Build: Build a digital twin from the bank’s existing core, debug client data and write data
pipelines between the bank’s existing systems, and develop proof of concepts
Test: Run performance tests and validate scale and resilience
Who you are
AI-native engineer: Engineer who naturally integrates AI into your workflow using
advanced AI tools
Systems builder: Proven track record shipping robust, scalable infrastructure in Golang
or similar languages (e.g., Java)
Cloud: Background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and experience with SRE
principles
Versatile & resourceful: Natural ability to switch between coding, DevOps, product
thinking, communicating and testing
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication
Fintech experience: Knowledge of financial transaction flows or banking technology
Strong problem-solver and ownership: Embrace complexity, finding elegant solutions
for large-scale, regulated systems and owning outcomes
Customer-focused: Driven to understand and solve real customer problems
Security mindset: Understanding of secure coding practices and experience with high
compliance systems

Requirements

• AI-native engineer: Engineer who naturally integrates AI into your workflow using advanced AI tools
• Systems builder: Proven track record shipping robust, scalable infrastructure in Golang or similar languages (e.g., Java)
• Cloud: Background in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and experience with SRE principles
• Versatile & resourceful: Natural ability to switch between coding, DevOps, product thinking, communicating and testing
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication
• Fintech experience: Knowledge of financial transaction flows or banking technology
• Strong problem-solver and ownership: Embrace complexity, finding elegant solutions for large-scale, regulated systems and owning outcomes
• Customer-focused: Driven to understand and solve real customer problems
• Security mindset: Understanding of secure coding practices and experience with high compliance systems

Nice To Haves

• Distributed systems: Experience with concurrency patterns, event-driven architectures, message queues, and multi-region databases
• Compliance: Familiarity with PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, or similar frameworks

Responsibilities

• Customer-facing engineer: As part of a forward deployed Pod consisting of business and technical skillsets, act as the customer-facing engineer to translate business needs into software that works in Production at Tier 1 banks
• Architect: Embed within the bank’s architecture and infrastructure teams to design the bank’s future state architecture leveraging OpenCoreOS to unlock accelerated innovation by architecting distributed systems for resilience, scale, and five-nines reliability
• Integration: Integrate OpenCoreOS into customer cloud estates leveraging AI to accelerate progress
• Build: Build a digital twin from the bank’s existing core, debug client data and write data pipelines between the bank’s existing systems, and develop proof of concepts
• Test: Run performance tests and validate scale and resilience

Benefits

• 4 Weeks of PTO
• Medical & Dental Insurance
• Annual Bonus Eligibility
• Paid National Holidays
• Eligible for Sign on Bonus
• Employer provides a 401(k) match as follows: 100% match on the first 3% of salary 50% match on the next 2%

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed