ModernFi
Forward Deployed Engineer
New York
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 140 days ago
PythonSQLPostgreSQLAWS
About the role
- In this essential role, you will sit on the Engineering team and work across functions to ensure every institution experiences a seamless and reliable path to going live.
Responsibilities
- Lead technical onboarding of new institutions to the ModernFi platform - from account setup to configuration, testing, and go-live
- Manage infrastructure setup for clients, including provisioning SFTP servers and keypairs with Pulumi
- Collaborate with bank IT teams to configure SSO in Auth0 based on their identity providers
- Coordinate onboarding for third-party digital banking integrations like Q2, serving as the glue between ModernFi, the client, and the partner
- Own and improve our public API documentation - making it easier for clients to integrate and showcasing our engineering-first approach
- Build tooling, dashboards, or internal features (using Python, Retool, etc.) that make your work more efficient and scalable
- Optimize our self-service onboarding tool by partnering with our CS team to intake client feedback and provide product suggestions or own immediate fixes
- ModernFi is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead the technical onboarding of financial institutions onto our platform throughout each client's implementation journey.
- This role offers the opportunity to lead the projects that unlock revenue, drive client success, inform how we build the product, and shape how ModernFi scales onboarding during a period of rapid growth.
Nice to have
- Engineering background, with a CS degree or equivalent experience
- Comfortable working with code and infrastructure - you may not write production services day to day, but you can spin up an SFTP server, tweak a Python script, or make a SQL query
- Excellent communicator who can guide clients through technical setup and translate their needs to the engineering team
- Excited by the idea of improving the customer experience through a mix of software, process, and grit
- Collaborative and fun to work with - you bring positive energy to the team
- Experience with tools like AWS, Auth0, Pulumi, Python, PostgreSQL, or Retool is a plus but not required
Benefits
- Top-of-market comp, equity from day one
- Health, dental, vision.
- Fully paid parental leave
- $100 monthly wellness stipend
Company info
- The caliber and character of the ModernFi team set us apart.
- We value competence and drive over experience, and look for compassionate people with diverse backgrounds.
- We appreciate technical ability, dedication, and humble confidence.
- Above all, we value respect - for our colleagues, our clients, our partners, and ourselves.
- Our team pushes each other to be better every day, supports each other when things go wrong, and grows together on this journey.
- Because we are a close-knit team, we are selective and considerate with every hire.
- The people at ModernFi could be doing anything in the world, yet they choose to be here.
- We are excited to get to know you, learn about what motivates you, and ensure that we can accelerate your personal and professional growth.
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