Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Alkami Technology

. Lead discovery with business and functional stakeholders to understand workflows, goals, constraints, and pain points .

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $128,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in software development, technical implementation, and AI-enabled workflows, with a strong focus on building and supporting production systems. Proficient in translating stakeholder needs into measurable outcomes while ensuring adherence to security, privacy, and responsible AI standards.

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Python ProgrammingAI Workflow AutomationREST API IntegrationSQL and NoSQL DatabasesCloud-Native Deployment

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Hard Skills

Software Development LifecycleAutomated TestingData Quality OptimizationVersion ControlCI/CD

Soft Skills

Stakeholder CommunicationTechnical SupportMentoring

Tools & Technologies

AWSKubernetesOpenTelemetryEvent-Driven ServicesMCP

Industry Keywords

SaaSFinancial IndustriesBusiness SystemsOperational ReliabilityCustomer Engineering

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJavaJavaScriptKubernetesNoSQLPythonSQLTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead discovery with business and functional stakeholders to understand workflows, goals, constraints, and pain points
Translate findings into requirements, technical designs, implementation plans, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes
Design, build, test, and deploy AI agents, dashboards, automations, data pipelines, and integrations
Participate in the full solution lifecycle from prototyping through production implementation, adoption, support, and continuous improvement
Write, review, and maintain clean production code with automated tests and documentation
Connect business applications, systems of record, relational databases, and internal AI capabilities using secure, maintainable designs
Implement authentication, authorization, validation, logging, error handling, monitoring, and data provenance
Build reusable code, libraries, workflow components, integration patterns, evaluations, and implementation guides
Own testing, evaluations, security, data validation, observability, human-in-the-loop controls, and production support
Use AI tools, coding agents, agent builders, and workflow automation in software development and operations
Partner with Product, Engineering, AI and Data, and functional teams on scalable solutions
Design evaluations, human-in-the-loop controls, and responsible AI safeguards
Configure environments, monitor system health, investigate production issues, and improve reliability and performance
Track adoption, usage, hours saved, quality, and other business outcomes
Contribute to approved skills, agents, dashboards, templates, and documentation
Participate in the weekly FDE forum and contribute to shared architecture, security, evaluation, and responsible AI standards
Provide training, technical support, and mentoring
Communicate technical options, tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, progress, and decisions to stakeholders
Dedicate approximately 20% of time to Alkami’s shared AI platform
Respond to production incidents and on-call issues
Apply security, privacy, accessibility, change-management, and responsible AI standards

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 5 years of related experience in software development, technical implementation, data systems, automation, or a related field; or 3 years and an advanced degree
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Java, C#, or a comparable language
Experience shipping and supporting production software, data systems, or workflow automation
Experience translating ambiguous stakeholder needs into technical approaches and measurable outcomes
Experience building or integrating AI-enabled workflows, agents, or automations
Demonstrated daily use and a portfolio of agents or automations
At least one production AI or agent-based system shipped, adopted by another team, actively used, measurable value, clear ownership, and ongoing support
Understanding of the software development lifecycle, cloud-native deployment, monitoring, version control, code review, automated testing, and CI/CD
Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, data structures, caching mechanisms, data quality, and performance optimization
REST API integration experience, including webhooks, authentication and authorization protocols, business applications, and systems of record
Experience developing unit, UI automation, integration tests, or AI workflow evaluations
Ability to participate in production support or an on-call rotation
Understanding of secure development, access controls, data privacy, operational reliability, and responsible AI practices
Eligible to work in the US for full-time employment; Alkami cannot offer employment sponsorship
Preferred: SaaS experience in technology or financial industries
Preferred: Forward-deployed, consulting, implementation, customer engineering, business systems, revenue operations, marketing operations, or stakeholder-facing technical experience
Preferred: AWS, Kubernetes, event-driven services, infrastructure as code, or comparable cloud technologies
Preferred: Modern data warehouses, CRM, customer success, marketing, sales, or conversation-intelligence data and workflows
Preferred: Observability, OpenTelemetry, performance optimization, or operational reliability
Preferred: MCP or comparable AI-to-business-application tools or internal AI platform experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-first environment
Unlimited paid time off
401(k) with employer match
FUN culture
Diverse and inclusive environment