Senior/Lead Java Software Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineer/SWAT Team)

Role: Senior/Lead Java Software Engineer (Forward Deployed Engineer/SWAT Team)
Location - Remote

Overview

Our client, a leading financial services enterprise, is building a SWAT-style Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team to address critical technical challenges across Enterprise Platforms and to pioneer AI-assisted software delivery at scale.
This role is not a traditional backend engineering position. We are seeking hands-on engineers who can rapidly onboard onto unfamiliar systems, deliver end-to-end solutions, and leverage modern AI tooling to accelerate development workflows.
Engineers in this team will act as high-impact problem solvers, moving across teams to resolve production issues, implement new functionality, and improve system reliability — often under time pressure and in highly ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

Rapidly onboard onto unfamiliar codebases, build and run applications locally, and deliver working solutions within tight timelines
Diagnose and resolve complex production issues across multiple platform teams
Own end-to-end delivery of features, including:
implementation
testing (integration-level)
CI/CD pipeline integration
Work across distributed systems and enterprise-scale microservices architectures
Use AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code or similar) to:
generate and iterate on code