Forward Deployed Engineer

The role

The Forward Deployed Engineer embeds with client engineering teams to design, build, and deliver production-ready implementations of Vault and associated products. This role spans backend development, systems integration, infrastructure, and technical consulting.

What you will do

• Embed with client engineering teams to deliver working implementations of Vault products.
• Own the technical success of assigned client engagements.
• Translate business requirements into technical delivery plans with client architects and engineers.
• Act as technical point of contact for the client.
• Write production-quality code primarily in Python or Go.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve complex technical issues across distributed systems.
• Design and deliver scalable solutions covering high availability, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and security.
• Contribute to internal tooling, frameworks, and reusable patterns.
• Support the Commercial team during presales through technical questions and proof-of-concept implementations.
• Channel technical feedback and feature requests to product and engineering teams.

Required qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with one of Python or Go.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix environments, container orchestration (Kubernetes), databases (PostgreSQL or equivalent), and messaging systems (Kafka or equivalent).
• Practical experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with external clients or partners in a technical delivery capacity.
• Experience delivering technical projects end-to-end.

Nice to have

• Additional languages
• Banking / Financial Services experience
• Cloud architecture certifications (AWS Solutions Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, or equivalent)

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary
• Bonus incentive
• Healthcare
• 25 days holiday and public holidays
• Competitive maternity and paternity leave
• $1,500 SGD per year flexible spend benefit
• All the latest tech you need
• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues
• An environment where we encourage learning and progress

About the company

Thought Machine aims to rid the world's banks of legacy technology through core and payments technology that runs natively in the cloud. The company has more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore, Sydney and Lisbon.