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Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Alloy
Alloy is an identity decisioning platform that provides fraud prevention, compliance, and credit underwriting solutions for banks, credit unions, and fintechs to automate identity verification decisions. Industry: Financial Technology & Identity Verification
Alloy currently has
10 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$166,000–$207,500
across 10 roles with salary data.
The Founding Forward Deployed Engineer joins a new engineering function to serve as a technical partner for strategic enterprise customers. This software engineering role involves architecting and tuning customer deployments, including API integrations, third-party data integrations, and SDKs while managing latency constraints. You will write production code across the stack using TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), Python (Django), Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS. Responsibilities include making real-time architectural calls with customer engineering leadership, owning the engineering track of QBRs, and converting custom work into reusable platform primitives. The role addresses complex technical problems within the identity and fraud prevention space, specifically helping financial organizations manage risk, onboarding, and compliance through integrated technical solutions and robust, scalable software deployments.
What does a Forward Deployed Engineer earn?
Median $219575 from 46 postings across 19 companies.
5+ years of hands-on experience developing production-ready software and delivering robust, scalable solutions.
Experience in a customer-facing technical role, Forward Deployed Engineering, or solutions engineering with deep technical ownership.
Proficiency in writing production code using TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), Python (Django), Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS.
Strong backend and API fluency with the ability to read and write production code across services not owned by the engineer.
Ability to make and defend architectural decisions in real-time while communicating complex tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Ability to travel to the NYC office and client offices across the US.
Experience at a company with a strong Forward Deployed Engineering culture (preferred).
Familiarity with identity, fraud, KYC/KYB, or financial services infrastructure (preferred).