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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 21 days Ophelos's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Ophelos's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Ophelos
- high 4 stale, 0 reposted of 7 open
- Hiring momentum
- 7 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Ophelos's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Ophelos.
About this role
As a Senior Forward Deployed Engineer at Ophelos, you will play a critical role in adapting the company's AI-native collections platform to various European markets. Your responsibilities will include building and optimizing client data integrations, connecting with market-specific payment providers, and ensuring compliance with local regulations. You will also engage with clients during onboarding and influence product development based on market needs.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Ophelos as an employer.
What you need
- Strong Software Engineering Skills: Production proficiency in Python and TypeScript, with Ruby experience considered a plus.
- Data Fluency Under Failure: Hands-on experience with complex schemas, data transformation, validation, reconciliation, idempotency, and replay logic.
- Third-Party Integration Experience: Demonstrated ability to evaluate, map, and integrate third-party APIs and protocols safely and reliably.
- Cross-Functional Communication: Ability to translate technical details clearly to client executives, product managers, and software engineers alike.
- Documentation & AI-First Mindset: Habitual documentation practices and comfort working in an AI-first development environment using tools like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenSpec.
- Willingness to work 3 days a week from our London office in Liverpool Street and travel periodically across Europe.
Nice to have
- Regulated Domain Experience: Background in collections, credit, payments, fintech, or adjacent regulated sectors.
- Enterprise Onboarding: Track record of navigating complex client data models and multi-stakeholder corporate integrations.
- Roadmap Influence: Demonstrated experience building business cases that successfully influenced core product roadmaps.
What you get
- High Impact: Directly shape how Ophelos scales into new European markets.
- Technical Rigour: Work with high engineering standards without sacrificing market agility.
- Career Growth: Clear progression framework within a rapidly expanding company.
- Modern Stack & Workflows: AI-first engineering practices and modern tools.
Worth weighing
- No salary listed.
- The role requires a mix of technical and market-facing responsibilities, which may be challenging for candidates focused solely on engineering.
- The position involves travel across Europe, which may not suit everyone.
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Listed by Ophelos on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.