Forward Deployed Engineer

Location: New York, NY (3 days on-site)Compensation: $160K-$200K base + 20 – 30% bonus + equityJob Type: PermanentInfused Solutions’ client is a fast-growing AI platform serving institutional finance clients. They automate complex analyst workflows-turning days of manual work into minutes-for some of the world’s largest financial institutions.30% financial analyst (understand workflows intimately) + 30% product strategist (translate needs into solutions) + 40% hands-on builder (prototype and ship working AI agents)You will:Shadow credit analysts at PE firms and asset managers, reverse-engineer their workflows (IC memos, deal screening, portfolio monitoring, credit risk)Design multi-step AI agent logic that automates those workflowsPrototype and ship V1s in days, present to partners/C-suiteManage scope, drive adoption, hand prototypes to engineers for productizationYou won’t:Build production infrastructure (that’s Product Engineers)Manage a team (you’re IC, hands-on)Sit in an office writing requirements doc (you’re embedded with clients)Must-Haves Institutional finance analyst background (4-7+ years) IB (credit, DCM, leveraged finance), PE/credit, or asset management. You know what an IC memo looks like and have built financial models at 2 AM. Self-taught coder Python, SQL, basic scripting. You can prototype and automate your own workflows (Excel → Python → Lang Chain). Built something with LLMs in the last 12 months RAG pipeline, agentic workflow, document automation-anything. You’ve shipped something real (internal tool, side project, client prototype). Bridge analyst and CTO Translate business problems into technical requirements. Explain AI limitations to skeptical partners. Push back on scope creep. Ship fast V1 in days, not months. You’re comfortable with “good enough to prove value” and iterate based on feedback.