Porters - Forward Deployed Engineer

Remote - Zürich, Switzerland+ Equity1mo ago

Remote Senior EMEA Banking Fintech Frontend Engineer FastAPI Python SQL Databricks Kafka Snowflake Fivetran

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years in architecting integrations within Financial Services or Fintech • Stack: Mastery of Python, FastAPI, and SQL and proven experience with unified data platforms (Databricks) and messaging/streaming connectors • Stack: • Mindset: You thrive in the intersection of deep backend engineering and client-facing solution design and are a pragmatic builder who enjoys the "0 to 1" challenge • Mindset: • Bonus Points: Experience in fintech, banking, or regulated industries, particularly with open banking APIs, core banking systems (e.g., Mambu, Avaloq), or messaging/streaming services and connectors (e.g., Apache Kafka)

Responsibilities

• Architect Data Highways: Build and maintain custom ETL/ELT pipelines using Databricks, Snowflake, S3, or similar, to ensure seamless data flow • Architect Data Highways: • Enable Bidirectional Flow: Develop "inbound authentication channels" and external APIs allowing banks to trigger Porters’ workflows directly from their internal infrastructure • Enable Bidirectional Flow: • Client-Oriented Core Banking Work: Work directly with bank lead engineers to navigate security requirements and integrate with core banking systems (e.g., Mambu, Avaloq) or Open Banking APIs to solve architectural bottlenecks • Client-Oriented Core Banking Work: • Scale the Integration Playbook: Leverage messaging/streaming services (e.g., Apache Kafka) and ELT tools (e.g., Fivetran, Talend) to automate the onboarding of new customers • Scale the Integration Playbook:

Benefits

• Direct Impact: You won't be a cog in a machine. You will work directly with clients, ship fast, and see your code running in production at major financial institutions • Direct Impact: • Founder Collaboration: Work closely with founders who have successfully built and scaled fintech and analytics products before • Founder Collaboration: • Compensation: Competitive salary and significant equity on top of your compensation • Growth: A dedicated development budget—free to use for whatever gives you a level-up • Growth: • Gear & Culture: New MacBook, merch, regular team events and dinners, a fast-paced, inclusive, and impact-oriented culture • Gear & Culture: • Our stack • Our stack • Integration Core: Python, FastAPI, and SQL for building secure adapters • Integration Core: • Data Platforms: Databricks and AWS S3 for high-volume data ingestion • Data Platforms: • Connectivity: AWS API Gateway, Load Balancers, and secure webhooks for bidirectional communication • Connectivity: • If what’s written above speaks to you, whether you look like a fit on paper or not, please reach out to the Porters founders Michael, Chris, and Konstantin on [email protected]