Forward Deployed Finance Engineer, Real Estate

vibehackers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 255,000 - 382,000; Full time

Job summary

Harvey is seeking a Forward Deployed Finance Engineer (Real Estate) to run pilots, create workflow templates, and translate real estate investment work into production-ready AI-enabled solutions for deal teams.

You will own the real estate playbook, lead onboarding, and shape product through real-world deal experience across underwriting, diligence, and investment committee workflows.

Qualifications

• 3+ years on acquisitions, asset management, or real estate credit teams with live deal ownership.
• Deep familiarity with OM, rent rolls, T-12, leases, third-party reports, loan documents, ARGUS and Excel models.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; comfort with prompting and agentic AI workflows; repeatable automations.
• Executive presence and relationship-building across stakeholders; strong communication and demo-leading ability.
• Customer-facing experience and a practical, action-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, demos, pilots, trainings, onboarding, and custom builds with AEs and CS Managers.
• Run pilots and build screening, underwriting, diligence, and investment committee workflows in client templates.
• Review OM, rent rolls, and other deal documents; produce investment committee materials.
• Provide feedback to product roadmap based on acquisitions-team needs.
• Support post-close work including asset management reporting, loan compliance, and valuation support.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Financial modeling

Agentic AI workflows

Python

SQL

Deal execution

Client-facing

Presentation skills

Automation design

Relationship building

Tools

ARGUS

Excel

Python

SQL

Job description

Directly works with agentic AI and prompt-driven workflows to automate underwriting and deal processes; building AI-enabled tooling for investment teams.

About the Role

Harvey is hiring a Forward Deployed Finance Engineer focused on real estate to run pilots, build workflow templates, and translate real estate investment work into production-ready, AI-enabled solutions for deal teams. The role combines domain expertise in underwriting and diligence with customer-facing demo, onboarding, and product-shaping responsibilities.

Job Description

Role

The Forward Deployed Finance Engineer (Real Estate) is the first dedicated finance engineer for Harvey’s real estate practice. You will build the real estate playbook - demo library, workflow templates, and use cases - run live pilots, lead customer onboarding, and translate real-world deal work into repeatable, productized solutions within Harvey Deals.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead discovery, demos, pilots, trainings, onboarding, and custom builds alongside Account Executives and Customer Success Managers.
• Run pilots and build screening, underwriting, diligence, and investment committee workflows in clients’ templates and formats.
• Perform deal-side work such as OM and broker package review; rent roll and T-12 normalization; lease and estoppel abstraction; ARGUS and acquisition model builds; third-party report review; comps; loan document and term sheet review; and investment committee materials.
• Bring acquisitions-team feedback into the product to shape the roadmap and ensure releases meet investment teams’ needs.
• Support post-close work including asset management reporting, loan compliance, and valuation support.

Requirements

• 3+ years on an acquisitions, asset management, or real estate credit team at a real estate private equity platform, real estate debt fund, insurer or asset-manager real estate arm, or developer-investor, with demonstrated ownership of live deal work.
• Deep familiarity with the documents and data that drive real estate investment decisions (OMs, rent rolls, T-12, leases, third-party reports, loan documents, ARGUS and Excel models).
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; comfort with prompting and agentic AI workflows; ability to design repeatable automations for manual processes.
• Python, SQL, or experience building internal tools is a plus.
• Executive presence and relationship-building skills across junior to partner-level stakeholders.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; comfortable leading live demos and workshops.
• Customer-facing experience and a practical, solutions-oriented mindset with a bias toward action.

Compensation

• $254,600 - $381,800 USD OTE (75/25)

Travel

• Expect to travel approximately 2-3+ times per month, typically for 1-3 days per trip.

Notes

• This role is focused on real estate investment workflows and requires principal-side deal execution experience. Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available.

Excel ARGUS Python SQL agentic AI AI tools Harvey Deals

Skills

Financial modeling Underwriting Due diligence Deal execution Client-facing / Presales Presentation skills Executive presence Relationship building Communication Process automation Product feedback and roadmap influence Workshop facilitation Curiosity about AI / experimentation Bias toward action

Experience Level

Mid

USD 254,600 - 381,800/year

Employment Type

FullTime

• Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities