Forward Deployed Engineer
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Forward Deployed Engineer – Public Equities & AI WorkflowsLocation: New YorkThe OpportunityOur client, a leading investment firm, is looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer to work directly alongside their investment team building AI-powered tools that support public equities investing. This is an embedded, client-facing engineering role rather than a traditional back-office position - you'll partner closely with portfolio managers and analysts, translating their research and decision-making needs into working software, quickly.They're after someone who is equal parts engineer and problem-solver: a person who can step into an investment workflow, understand what a PM genuinely needs, and ship a solution using modern agentic AI tooling.Hands-on experience with Claude Code and Claude Cowork is essential.What You'll Be Doing Embedding directly with portfolio managers and analysts to spot high-value automation opportunities.Rapidly prototyping and deploying AI agents and workflows for company research, earnings analysis, filings, news, and market intelligence.Building and iterating on internal research copilots and knowledge tools using Claude Code and Cowork.Turning ambiguous investment-team requests into production-ready tools with short feedback loops.Maintaining and refining data pipelines feeding structured and unstructured financial datasets.Acting as the bridge between the investment team and AI tooling, championing best practices.RequirementsEssentialStrong hands-on experience with Claude Code and ClaudeCowork.Strong Python development skills.Experience building AI agents, autonomous workflows, or LLM-powered applications.Familiarity with public equities — research processes, financial statements, earnings, and investment workflows.A forward-deployed mindset: comfortable working directly with non-technical stakeholders, iterating quickly, and owning delivery end-to-end.Highly PreferredPrior experience in a Long/Short Equity, Long-Only, Equity Research, Asset Management, or Hedge Fund environment.A track record of embedding with business or investment teams to ship tools.Exposure to alternative data, retrieval systems, and agent orchestration.