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The company has raised $300M to build a state of the art wealth technology platform.\nOur mission is to power and grow our clients’ Wealth franchises through differentiated experiences, financial solutions, and insights. Our digital wealth management platform- will enable banks and other financial institutions in the Middle East to grow and further penetrate affluent, HNW and UHNW investor segments.\nWhile still leveraging the capabilities and knowledge of large organizations, our fintech is a startup with truly cross-functional and agile teams.\nFor more information, please visit www.alpheya.com\nRole description and responsibilities\nAs a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), you're where our platform meets the real-world. You'll work directly with clients to tackle their toughest technical challenges, implementing solutions that don't just work in theory - they work in production. From owning adapter development to collaborating with internal teams on core feature development, you'll ensure our platform delivers real value to clients. Operating with startup-level freedom on enterprise-scale problems, you'll manage the complete technical relationship with clients. This means everything from decoding their business constraints into technical specs to orchestrating seamless deployments in their unique environments. The field intelligence you gather doesn't just inform our roadmap - it drives it, creating a feedback loop between client needs and platform evolution. 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