Forward Deployed Engineer

Bridge; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Team events

Job summary

Bridge is redefining how businesses access capital in hospitality and working capital, connecting borrowers with a network of lenders and building AI-powered tools to streamline underwriting and draw administration.

The Forward Deployed Engineer will own end-to-end builds, collaborating with product, engineering, and capital experts to deliver scalable systems that accelerate closings and improve decision-making.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, including work directly with the people who use what you build.
• Track record scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environments.
• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with Claude, Codex, Gemini, and other LLMs.
• Ability to write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across multiple builds, from first prototype to stable production.
• Build full-stack systems that deliver real value to lending teams and sharpen how we learn what works.
• Embed closely with underwriting, servicing, and capital markets teams to understand their workflows and guide adoption of what you ship.
• Scope the work, sequence delivery, and clear blockers before they become problems.
• Make smart trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality, and adjust plans to protect the outcome.
• Stay hands-on in the code when momentum or clarity depends on it.
• Turn the patterns that work into reusable tools, playbooks, and building blocks for the rest of engineering.
• Feed real-world signal back to Product and Engineering so we know where our tools shine and where they need work.
• Keep teams moving with clear communication and consistent follow-through.

Skills

Full-stack development

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Python

LLMs (Claude, Codex, Gemini)

Frontend & Backend

Communication

Decision making under ambiguity

Fintech awareness

Job description

At Bridge, we're redefining how businesses access capital in two of the most dynamic corners of the U.S. economy: hospitality and working capital. Our platform connects business owners with a network of over 100 commercial lenders, creating a competitive, transparent process to secure the right financing.

Whether it's a hotel developer seeking construction capital or a fast-growing consumer brand that needs inventory financing, Bridge puts borrowers in control of the process and gives lenders the tools to find and underwrite deals faster. We pair modern technology and deep lender relationships with a team of in-house capital experts, and we're building the next generation of AI-powered tools to make commercial lending genuinely efficient.

About the role

As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll own complex, end-to-end builds that put AI to work inside real lending workflows. You'll work closely with product, engineering, and our in-house capital experts to find the highest-leverage problems, then scope, design, build, and ship the systems that solve them. That might mean automating underwriting analysis on a hotel acquisition, streamlining draw administration on a construction portfolio, or building tooling that helps match a deal to the right lenders out of our network of 100+.

You'll measure success by what gets adopted and what it changes: faster closings, cleaner servicing, better decisions. This role is based in New York City.

Key responsibilities

• Own technical delivery across multiple builds, from first prototype to stable production.
• Build full-stack systems that deliver real value to lending teams and sharpen how we learn what works.
• Embed closely with underwriting, servicing, and capital markets teams to understand their workflows and guide adoption of what you ship.
• Scope the work, sequence delivery, and clear blockers before they become problems.
• Make smart trade-offs between scope, speed, and quality, and adjust plans to protect the outcome.
• Stay hands-on in the code when momentum or clarity depends on it.
• Turn the patterns that work into reusable tools, playbooks, and building blocks for the rest of engineering.
• Feed real-world signal back to Product and Engineering so we know where our tools shine and where they need work.
• Keep teams moving with clear communication and consistent follow-through.

Qualifications and skills

• 5+ years of engineering or technical deployment experience, including work directly with the people who use what you build.
• Track record scoping and delivering complex systems in fast-moving, sometimes ambiguous environments.
• Deep knowledge and hands-on experience with Claude, Codex, Gemini, and other LLMs.
• Ability to write and review production-grade code across frontend and backend. We work in TypeScript, Node.js, React, and Python, but strong engineers who can pick up a new stack are welcome.
• Ability to cut through complexity and make sound decisions quickly.
• Clear communication with engineers, product folks, and non-technical stakeholders alike.
• A habit of spotting risk early and adjusting without losing speed.
• Familiarity with fintech, lending, or other regulated environments such as finance, real estate, or insurance is a plus.

What we offer

• Highly competitive base salary with an aggressive, performance-driven bonus structure.
• Company stock option plan; own a piece of the technology platform you are helping to build.
• 401(k) with company contribution.
• Robust parental leave.
• A collaborative, high-trust team environment with on-site team lunches, corporate events, and off-site meet-ups.

Bridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, and pregnancy or any other characteristic protected by law or company policy.