Description
Thought Machine's mission is to rid the world's banks of legacy technology by developing modern banking foundations through core and payments technology that run natively in the cloud.
As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you will be the primary technical interface with clients, embedding with their engineering teams to design, build, and deliver production-ready implementations of Vault and associated products.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Hands-on cloud infrastructure consulting on client sites and remotely
- Designing and preparing suitable cloud infrastructure for Thought Machine Vault products to be tested and run successfully at scale
- Deploying and configuring Thought Machine Vault products on client, SaaS, and internal cloud infrastructure
- Advising clients on optimising cloud infrastructure for Vault implementation
- Supporting and troubleshooting client infrastructure remotely and on-site
- Working closely with internal product and engineering teams to incorporate client feedback into product improvements
- Supporting the Thought Machine Commercial Team and Cloud Provider Partners in answering infrastructure queries during the presales cycle
The ideal candidate will have:
- Tangible infrastructure experience
- Ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Hands-on experience with Linux/Unix administration, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Istio, and automation/configuration management tools like Terraform, Puppet, Chef, or Ansible
- Experience with AWS or GCP
Desirable skills include:
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, and associated certifications
- Enterprise secrets management systems experience
- Supporting production systems for high-profile, mission-critical systems
- Experience with hybrid cloud technologies, Go, Python, or Java
Benefits include:
- Highly competitive salary
- Pension plan with up to 5% match
- Life insurance (three times annual salary)
- Competitive maternity and paternity leave
- 25 days holiday and bank holidays
- Flexible working hours
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Electric car scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Access to outstanding learning materials and courses
- Sports and hobby clubs
- Fresh fruit and cereals, healthy snacks, smoothies, and drinks
- Two charity days a year
- Weekly food pop-up