AI-Driven Portfolio Ops Engineer: Build & Deploy Solutions

Jobzhr; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobzhr is partnering with a leading US private equity firm to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer into their Portfolio Operations team. You will work across a portfolio of B2B software companies, partnering with CTOs and engineering teams to identify where AI can transform products and operations, then help build and implement it.

The role blends hands-on building with advisory work, requiring the ability to take a messy business problem and turn it into a concrete technical solution while

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Experience shipping AI/agentic systems into production.
• Ability to translate complex business problems into technical solutions.
• Forward Deployed Engineering experience is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with CTOs and engineering teams across the portfolio.
• Identify opportunities for AI to transform products and operations.
• Build and implement AI solutions in production environments.
• Balance hands-on building with advisory and problem-solving to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Software engineering

AI systems

Problem solving

Ownership

Context switching

Job description

Jobzhr is partnering with a leading US private equity firm to hire a Forward Deployed Engineer into their Portfolio Operations team. You will work across a portfolio of B2B software companies, partnering with CTOs and engineering teams to identify where AI can transform products and operations, then help build and implement it.

The role blends hands-on building with advisory work, requiring the ability to take a messy business problem and turn it into a concrete technical solution while