Forward Deployed Engineer – Modern Software Delivery & Platform Engineering
About the Opportunity
We're looking for experienced Forward Deployed Engineers who are passionate about improving software delivery at scale. This is a hands-on engineering role working directly with development teams to modernise engineering practices, accelerate delivery and improve software quality across critical enterprise applications.
You'll embed with engineering teams to solve real-world delivery challenges, helping organisations adopt Continuous Delivery, automated testing, DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices. Rather than acting as a consultant, you'll write production code, build deployment pipelines, modernise applications and leave teams with sustainable engineering practices.
This role is approximately 70% hands-on coding and configuration, making it ideal for engineers who enjoy solving technical problems while driving engineering transformation.
Essential functions
The Role
Working alongside software engineering teams, you'll improve development workflows, modernise legacy applications and implement automation that enables frequent, safe and reliable software releases.
You'll work across Java and TypeScript applications, cloud-native infrastructure and modern CI/CD platforms, helping teams increase deployment frequency while improving security, testing and operational resilience.
Responsibilities
Partner with development teams to improve engineering practices and delivery capability
Design and implement comprehensive automated testing strategies using TDD principles
Build smoke, integration and end-to-end test suites that can run locally and within deployment pipelines
Develop and maintain modern Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines
Upgrade legacy Java and Node.js applications to supported runtimes and dependency versions
Modernise applications through containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift
Automate dependency management using Renovate
Improve source control strategies, branching models and code review processes
Strengthen application security, authentication, authorisation and secrets management
Automate deployments, database migrations and infrastructure changes using tools such as Liquibase and Ansible
Implement monitoring, logging, observability and resilient deployment strategies
Work closely with engineering teams to embed best practices and leave lasting improvements
Qualifications
What We're Looking For
We're looking for engineers who enjoy writing high-quality software while helping other teams become better engineers.
You'll ideally have experience with:
Strong software engineering background in Java, Kotlin, Scala or TypeScript
Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks
CI/CD implementation and release automation
Secure software development practices
Docker and Kubernetes/OpenShift
Linux (Red Hat preferred)
Build tools including Maven, Gradle and npm
Modern observability and monitoring practices
Infrastructure automation
AI-assisted software development using tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar
Technology Stack
You'll work with a modern engineering stack including Java, Kotlin, TypeScript, Spring Boot, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Linux (Red Hat), Maven, Gradle, npm, Liquibase, Ansible, Renovate, Git, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, observability platforms, secrets management, authentication, authorisation and GitHub Copilot.
Would be a plus
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to work across a wide range of engineering challenges while influencing how software is built and delivered across large-scale enterprise platforms. You'll help engineering teams move faster without compromising quality, modernise legacy applications, introduce cloud-native engineering practices and shape the adoption of AI-assisted software development.
If you're passionate about software craftsmanship, automation, DevOps and building engineering platforms that enable teams to deliver safely at scale, we'd love to hear from you.
We offer
- Opportunity to work on bleeding-edge projects
- Work with a highly motivated and dedicated team
- Competitive salary
- Flexible schedule
- Benefits package - medical insurance, sports
- Corporate social events
- Professional development opportunities
- Well-equipped office
About us
Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ: GDYN) is a leading provider of technology consulting, platform and product engineering, AI, and advanced analytics services. Fusing technical vision with business acumen, we solve the most pressing technical challenges and enable positive business outcomes for enterprise companies undergoing business transformation. A key differentiator for Grid Dynamics is our 8 years of experience and leadership in enterprise AI, supported by profound expertise and ongoing investment in data, analytics, cloud & DevOps, application modernization and customer experience. Founded in 2006, Grid Dynamics is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices across the Americas, Europe, and India.Apply to the position
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