Hiring: Forward Deployed Engineer Company: kadence Location: New York City Metropolitan Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-14 18:06:15 Employment Type: Hybrid About the job Required Skills: •My client is an early-stage AI company building technology for sophisticated financial services and private markets customers. They are looking for a •Founding Forward Deployed Engineer •to sit at the intersection of customers, product, AI and engineering. This is a highly client-facing role. You will work directly with investment professionals and other senior stakeholders to understand complex workflows, identify where AI and automation can create meaningful value, and translate those problems into effective technical solutions. •The role is unusual in that it requires three things simultaneously: •Financial fluency. Technical aptitude. Exceptional customer presence. •You do not need to be a traditional software engineer, but you do need to be technically credible and comfortable working directly with modern AI and software systems. Equally, this is not a traditional sales, customer success or implementation position. You will be expected to understand a customer's business deeply, independently own important relationships, and help determine how technology should be applied to their problems. •What You'll Do •Own relationships and deployments with sophisticated financial services and private markets customers. •Work directly with investment professionals, operating teams and other senior stakeholders to understand their workflows and business problems. •Develop a deep understanding of how customers operate across areas such as sourcing, diligence, investment workflows and fund finance. •Translate ambiguous business problems into practical AI and software solutions. •Configure, prototype and help implement solutions using modern AI and software tooling. •Work closely with engineering and product teams to ensure solutions are technically sound and solve the right customer problem. •Identify opportunities to expand successful deployments and deepen customer relationships. •Recognize patterns across customers and feed those insights back into the product. Compensation: •$150K–$250K total compensation, depending on experience. Equity included •Company: •Confidential Early-Stage AI Company Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!