Forward Deployed Engineer

Job Details:

Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - AI-First Payments
Location-Remote (Canada)
Department-Professional Services
Reports To-Manager of Professional Services
About the Role

Constellation Payments is building an AI-first professional services function to accelerate partner onboarding, integration, and value realization. The Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) sits at the intersection of product, engineering, partner delivery, and AI-enabled process innovation. This role works directly with SaaS partners to design, build, and deploy AI-enhanced payment workflows and integrations.

What You'll Do
• Lead technical discovery sessions with partners
• Design and implement API integrations (REST, webhooks, tokenization)
• Build and maintain custom scripts, and lightweight services
• Lead technical integrations from sandbox to production
• Be deployed as part of partner development teams to help deliver best-practices-led integrations
• Leverage AI tools for code generation and automation
• Create repeatable AI-enabled delivery playbooks and certifications
• Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Product, and Operations to drive implementation success

What You'll Own
• Successful partner implementations (time-to-live, quality, scalability)
• Reusable AI-assisted assets (MCPs, templates, scripts)
• Deliver efficiency improvements
• Partner technical trust

Basic Qualifications
• 3-6 years in software/solutions engineering
• Experience with APIs and integrations
• Proficiency in Java, Type Script, or similar
• Flexibility to work in the partner's language-not just ours
• Customer-facing technical experience
• Interest in or experience with AI-augmented engineering

Preferred Qualifications
• Payments or fintech experience
• Knowledge of gateways and Payfacs
• Experience with cloud (AWS preferred)
• Familiarity with AI developer tools (Kiro/Claude/CoPilot preferred)

Compensation, Benefits, and Work Environment

Work Location & Flexibility

Constellation Payments operates on a 100% remote-first model. We empower our employees with flexibility to work from home or a location of their choice within the country of the job listing.

Travel will be required for this position. (customer engagements and company events)

Salary & Performance Incentives 💰

• Target Compensation: The On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this role is market competitive based on experience.
• Compensation Structure: This range is inclusive of the base salary and variable compensation, such as a company-wide bonus or sales commission. The final compensation package will be commensurate with the candidate's experience, capabilities, and location.

Employee Benefits

We are proud to offer a robust benefits package designed to support your well-being and financial future:

• Health & Wellness ⚕: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans to keep you and your family healthy.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 🌴: Employees receive 21 paid vacation days, 6 paid sick days and 8 nationally observed holidays.
• Company Ownership: Employees are invited to participate in our Employee Share Program, with an employer contribution match of 20% (Ticker: CSU.TO).

Business Unit
Constellation Payment Processing - Canada
Scheduled Hours:
37.5
Number of Openings Available:
1
Worker Type:
Regular