Forward Deployed Engineering Lead

present of AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Finosu seeks a forward deployed engineering lead who blends hands-on software delivery with direct customer engagement inside regulated lending environments. You translate messy operational needs into reliable systems, balancing deadlines with compliance and risk considerations, and you thrive where interfaces with lenders and regulators shape the product.

You will push AI into live workflows, collaborating with compliance and payments teams to verify models, integrate payments, and own scoping

Responsibilities

• Deploy AI into live customer systems and regulated lending workflows.
• Collaborate with compliance and payments teams to ensure verification and guardrails.
• Own scoping and shipping decisions from pilot to production under real deadlines.

Job description

A forward deployed engineering lead typically combines hands on software building with direct work inside customer environments, translating messy operational needs into working systems. A strong candidate brings solid engineering depth, comfort facing lenders and their compliance constraints, and the judgment to scope and ship under real deadlines. For a loan servicing and payments platform, patience with regulated workflows and careful handling of money movement matter more than flashy demos.

How it fits the AI era

Deployment work is shifting toward wiring AI into live customer systems, where models draft, classify and flag but people own the design, the integration and the judgment calls. The human core stays in reading a lender's real process, deciding what should be automated, and standing behind what ships. AI makes the build faster and raises the bar on verification.

How it builds AI experience

This role builds practical AI experience by putting models into regulated lending workflows, from document handling to borrower engagement, and learning where automation must stop. It grows through close work with compliance and payments constraints, which teach evaluation and guardrails better than side projects. Candidates can prepare by shipping small AI features against real data with clear checks.

Worth showing

• Hands on engineering delivery
• Regulated workflow fluency
• Payments integration experience
• Scoping and shipping ownership

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About Finosu

Autonomous loan servicing and borrower engagement engine for consumer lenders with integrated payments and regulatory controls, per the company.