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.