[Hiring] Contract Forward Deployed Engineer @YLD.com

Role Description

As a Forward Deployment Engineer at YLD, you'll be part of a client team building innovative products. We're looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You're also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you'll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

• Design, build, and maintain robust backend and infrastructure systems using Golang and Java with contributions across the broader engineering stack.
• Work closely with client teams in collaborative working sessions, explaining technical decisions and translating complex engineering concepts clearly.
• Deploy and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP using Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Terraform, and Flux.
• Actively leverage AI-powered tools and workflows to accelerate development, improve code quality, and drive engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Strong backend and infrastructure engineering background, with hands-on Golang and Java experience.
• Experience developing or integrating decentralised systems, data infrastructure, or distributed technologies.
• Solid command of cloud infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE), Terraform, and Flux.
• Actively and meaningfully using AI tools in day-to-day coding practice (not just awareness, but advanced, habitual use).
• Familiarity with TigerBeetle, YugabyteDB, or Red Panda.
• Experience in fintech, core banking, or regulated financial services environments.
• Open to occasional travel to London.

Requirements

• Proactive: You take ownership and move things forward without waiting to be asked.
• A strong communicator: you express technical ideas clearly, in writing and in client-facing conversations, with full professional fluency in English.
• Confident presenting: you bring a polished, engaged attitude to working sessions and stakeholder interactions.
• Focused on quality: you care about doing things properly and hold yourself to a high standard.
• Pragmatic: you make sensible trade-offs and deliver results in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• A creative problem solver: you approach hard engineering challenges with curiosity and ingenuity.
• Collaborative: you thrive on working within cross-functional, distributed teams and value others' input.

Benefits

• The chance to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business.