Senior Forward Deployed Engineer

Location: New York

Department: Engineering

Location Type: IN_OFFICE

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

• Personally own partner integration projects through their full lifecycle — scope, solution-design handoff, build/integration, go-live, and ongoing maintenance/expansion — rather than handing off after one phase
• Write clean, production-quality code — primarily Java — building the actual features and integrations each partner needs
• Take solution designs from Bilt's Solutions Engineering team and translate them into scoped, buildable implementation plans, surfacing gaps or pushing back on the design where needed
• Embed directly with partner engineering teams as the primary technical counterpart, from junior developers to tech leads
• Debug and troubleshoot complex, cross-system issues spanning Bilt's APIs, partner systems, webhooks, and data flows — often in real time on calls with partner engineers
• Stay engaged with an engagement through its maintenance and expansion phase — the ongoing work after go-live is treated as a core part of the job, not an afterthought
• Build and maintain developer-facing resources: API documentation, integration guides, sample code
• Leverage AI-powered dev tools (Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) as a core workflow multiplier
• Travel to partner sites as needed across your active engagements
• As an early senior hire in this function, the technical patterns you set — API design conventions, code quality bar, documentation practices — will shape how future FDEs and contractors work, though this happens through example, not people-management authority

• 5–8+ years hands-on engineering experience, with a track record of taking partner/client implementation projects through the full lifecycle — scope, solution design, build/integration, and maintenance — across more than one engagement over your career
• Strong Java proficiency; Spring Boot/REST experience a plus
• Deep, hands-on API/auth fluency: OAuth/OIDC, webhooks, versioning, edge-case reasoning
• Real, direct experience building features or integrations by working hands-on with a client or partner's engineering team — not just internal teams
• Comfortable taking a solution design from someone else (e.g. a Solutions Architect) and scoping/adjusting it into an actual implementation plan
• Excellent technical communication across audiences from junior developers to CTOs
• Genuine, describable AI-assisted dev workflow
• Comfortable staying on an engagement long after go-live, owning maintenance and expansion rather than shipping and moving straight to the next thing
• Willingness to travel frequently and on short notice across active engagements
• Bonus: Experience informally mentoring/technically guiding other engineers on a shared project (not required); fintech, payments, POS, or loyalty/subscription platform experience; Cloud (GCP preferred), CI/CD, containerization, IaC.

• Compensation - We offer a competitive salary with a meaningful stake in the company via equity and our performance bonus program
• Health insurance for you (& your loved ones) from day one - Enjoy a One Medical Membership, wellness stipends, family programs and more, on us. We’ve got you and your family covered from day one.
• 401k plan with a match - Retirement may feel more like a pipe dream than a reality but we’re here to help you get there.
• Commuter FSAs - We believe the best ideas come from being together in one place. We just don’t think getting there should be so expensive.
• UNLIMITED PTO - Because we believe that working hard shouldn’t mean always working. Take time for yourself as often as you need it.
• Exclusive Employee only Bilt Points - We give our employees unique opportunities to earn points throughout their time at Bilt.
• Team Events - We believe in human connection so we hold events to help our employees break from the monotony of the typical work week.