Location: New York City

Employment Type: Full-time

Work Arrangement: On-site in NYC office (regular travel, 30-50%, for client engagements)

About the Role

Our client, an AI startup founded by engineers from institutions like Palantir and Citadel, is building the first AI-augmented deep research platform for the financial services industry. They recently raised $7.25 million from backers including founders of OpenAI and DBT.

As a Forward Deployed Software Engineer, you will be the technical architect for their most strategic client relationships at top financial firms. This role embodies the principle of "Forward-Deployed with Product DNA," meaning you embed directly with clients to own their outcomes while simultaneously architecting platform features that serve the entire market. Success is measured by your ability to iterate, deploy, and co-develop competitive advantages in high-stakes research environments.

Key Responsibilities

About Octopus by RTG
Octopus by RTG is the tech hiring and outsourcing arm of Robusta Technology Group, dedicated to connecting exceptional tech talent with top-tier organizations across the MENA, GCC, Europe, the US, and Canada. We specialize in building strong, long-term partnerships between skilled professionals and innovative companies. Our mission is to empower growth, innovation, and excellence by matching the right talent with the right opportunities.

Currently, we are hiring a Sr. Backend Developer for one of our partner organizations in KSA on a 1-year contract, offering the opportunity to contribute to exciting projects within a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

Main Responsibilities

Backend Development & Architecture

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure backend systems using Java and Spring Boot.
• Contribute to architecture design ensuring modularity, maintainability, and high performance.
• Build and manage microservices-based architectures.

API & Integration

About Octopus by RTG

Octopus by RTG is the tech hiring and outsourcing arm of Robusta Technology Group, dedicated to connecting exceptional tech talent with top-tier organizations across the MENA, GCC, Europe, the US, and Canada. We specialize in building strong, long-term partnerships between skilled professionals and innovative companies. Our mission is to empower growth, innovation, and excellence by matching the right talent with the right opportunities.

Currently, we are hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer for one of our partner organizations in KSA on a 1-year contract, offering the opportunity to contribute to exciting projects within a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

Main Responsibilities

Development & Architecture

• Lead the development of high-performance, scalable web applications.
• Design and build reusable, modular, and high-quality React components.
• Architect and manage complex state management using Redux, Context API, Recoil, etc.
• Implement and manage API integrations (RESTful APIs, GraphQL).
• Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and performance (e.g., lazy loading, client-side rendering).
• Ensure cross-browser and cross-device compatibility.

Collaboration & Leadership

About Octopus by RTG

Octopus by RTG is the tech hiring and outsourcing arm of Robusta Technology Group, dedicated to connecting exceptional tech talent with top-tier organizations across the MENA, GCC, Europe, the US, and Canada. We specialize in building strong, long-term partnerships between skilled professionals and innovative companies. Our mission is to empower growth, innovation, and excellence by matching the right talent with the right opportunities.

Currently, we are hiring an Enterprise Data Architect for one of our partner organizations in KSA on a 1-year contract, offering the opportunity to contribute to exciting projects within a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

Main Responsibilities

Enterprise Data Architecture & Design

About Octopus by RTG

Octopus by RTG is the tech hiring and outsourcing arm of Robusta Technology Group, dedicated to connecting exceptional tech talent with top-tier organizations across the MENA, GCC, Europe, the US, and Canada. We specialize in building strong, long-term partnerships between skilled professionals and innovative companies. Our mission is to empower growth, innovation, and excellence by matching the right talent with the right opportunities.

Currently, we are hiring a Data Quality Expert for one of our partner organizations in KSA on a 1-year contract, offering the opportunity to contribute to exciting projects within a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

About Octopus by RTG

Octopus by RTG is the tech hiring and outsourcing arm of Robusta Technology Group, dedicated to connecting exceptional tech talent with top-tier organizations across the MENA, GCC, Europe, the US, and Canada. We specialize in building strong, long-term partnerships between skilled professionals and innovative companies. Our mission is to empower growth, innovation, and excellence by matching the right talent with the right opportunities.

Currently, we are hiring a Data Automation Solution Expert for one of our partner organizations in KSA on a 1-year contract, offering the opportunity to contribute to exciting projects within a dynamic and forward-thinking environment.

About Us:

At Zyte, we eat data for breakfast and you can eat your breakfast anywhere and work for Zyte. Founded in 2010, we are a globally distributed team of over 250 Zytans working from over 28 countries who are on a mission to enable our customers to extract the data they need to continue to innovate and grow their businesses. We believe that all businesses deserve a smooth pathway to data.

For over a decade, Zyte has led the way in building powerful, easy-to-use tools to collect, format, and deliver web data, quickly, dependably, and at scale. And today, the data we extract helps thousands of organizations make smarter business decisions, secure competitive advantage, and drive sustainable growth. Today, over 3,000 companies and 1 million developers rely on our tools and services to get the data they need from the web.

About the role:

You would be involved in developing our recently released SaaS offering - Zyte API, which provides a single ML-powered API to power all web data extraction use cases.. Zyte API  is a distributed application written in Java, C++, Python and Nodejs components communicating via HTTP, web sockets and Apache Kafka, and orchestrated using Kubernetes.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• As an Senior Azure Integration Engineer you can expect to…
• Architect, develop, and implement end-to-end integration solutions using Azure services (Logic Apps, API Management, Service Bus)
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable, secure integration architectures
• Lead technical discussions, client workshops, and integration assessments
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
• Engage with clients to gather requirements and define integration needs
• Conduct workshops, discovery sessions, and technical assessments
• Act as a trusted advisor, guiding HSO clients on best practices in Azure integration
• Provide mentorship and code reviews for junior engineers and consultants
• Lead code reviews, solution design sessions, and internal knowledge sharing
• Work independently and as part of a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality solutions.
  
  
• You're great at…
• Collaborating with cross functional teams to deliver enterprise-grade integration solutions
• Solving complex problems with creative solutions   
• Learning new concepts quickly and thoroughly   
• Learning new concepts quickly and thoroughly Promoting the mission and Shared Values of our company

Requirements

About the Role
We’re hiring a hands-on CTO for a high-growth fintech disrupting the UAE’s auto-finance sector. This role is mission-critical—leading all technical efforts from platform development to banking integrations across ADCB, Emirates NBD, and DIB.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of a compliant, scalable financial platform
• Own real-time transaction engine and API integrations with banks
• Guide the dev team with clarity through sprints, compliance demands, and go-lives
• Balance security, speed, and stability in a regulated environment

Requirements

Requirements

• 12+ years in tech/product/software engineering (preferably fintech)
• Proven banking integration experience (APIs, real-time systems)
• Background in consumer lending, payments, or transaction-based products
• Leadership in regulated ecosystems (banking/fintech startups)
• Bachelors in Computer Science (Masters preferred)

Bonus Points

• Automotive lending or embedded credit platform experience
• Knowledge of UAE banking regulatory tech requirements

About the Role

We're an AI-native company leveraging AI to automate complex back-office workflows and tasks in the freight industry. Our mission is to unlock profits and lower costs by addressing the bad data and inefficient workflows that plague the supply chain. We’re expanding our AI team and are looking for a talented AI Engineer to build both AI models and features that directly impact our business. The role is broad, offering the opportunity to work on everything from training and deploying in-house multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs) to scaling our inference infrastructure and building AI agent workflows.

What You'll Work On

Your primary focus will be on document extraction and understanding, using multimodal LLMs to extract, normalize, and link data with a high degree of accuracy. You'll also work on scaling our machine learning platform to handle significant increases in training and inference volume. Future projects will include expanding our AI capabilities into workflow automation and audit using AI agents.

This role spans multiple domains: