Decision Engine Analyst – FinTech Portfolio Strategy

Forward Financing; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Commuter benefits

Flexible time-off

Parental leave

401k match

Wellness reimbursement

Volunteer days

Development budget

Donation match

Job summary

Forward Financing is seeking an Analyst to support the optimization and integration of the decision engine into decisioning and workflow processes. You will work with Pricing, Risk, and Engineering to implement new decision flows, validate results, and ensure data integrity across third-party and internal systems.

The role requires experience with decision engines (e.g., Taktile, FICO Blaze, Provenir, Lendflow, GDS Link), strong SQL/Python/Excel skills, and a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Experience in an analytical/product support function, preferably FinTech, lending, or a high-growth financial services environment.
• Direct experience working with and optimizing a decision engine (e.g. Taktile, FICO Blaze, Provenir, Lendflow, GDS Link or similar complex rules/scoring engines).
• Strong proficiency in SQL, Python and Excel is required.

Responsibilities

• Implement new decision engine processes and test configurations.
• Coordinate QA & testing, including A/B tests, prior to deployment.
• Backtest with historical scenarios to verify decision engine results.
• Ensure data integrity across data flows between vendors and internal apps.
• Collaborate with Pricing, Risk, and Engineering to document requirements and improve processes.
• Maintain process documentation for decision logic and testing specs.
• Liaise with technology teams to align decision engine workflows with core apps.

Skills

SQL

Python

Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or related quantitative field

Tools

Taktile

FICO Blaze

Provenir

Lendflow

GDS Link

Job description

Forward Financing is seeking an Analyst to support the optimization and integration of the decision engine into decisioning and workflow processes. You will work with Pricing, Risk, and Engineering to implement new decision flows, validate results, and ensure data integrity across third-party and internal systems.

The role requires experience with decision engines (e.g., Taktile, FICO Blaze, Provenir, Lendflow, GDS Link), strong SQL/Python/Excel skills, and a Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative