Head of Forward Deployed AI Engineering (New York)

Storm2; New York (NY); On-site; USD 325,000 - 375,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401(k) match

$10k annual learning budget

NYC relocation support

Job summary

Storm2 seeks a Head of Forward Deployed Engineering in New York to build and lead the FDE function, working directly with bankers on live deals and production deployments. You will own multi-system integrations and ensure secure, compliant rollouts across large financial institutions.

You will stay hands-on with code, shape the roadmap, and hire the first eight engineers, influencing both product direction and enterprise revenue.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Forward Deployed Engineering in AI-enabled environments.
• Proven ability to ship production AI/LLM solutions in complex enterprise settings.
• Strong track record in complex enterprise integrations beyond API usage.
• Experience hiring and setting engineering standards for early teams.
• Comfort working with senior banking stakeholders and customers.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the FDE team in New York, targeting ~8 hires in 12 months.
• Deploy AI and agent-based products into Tier 1 investment bank environments.
• Collaborate with MDs, bankers and tech teams on live deal workflows.
• Own integrations across FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, SharePoint and data rooms.
• Navigate security, risk, compliance and enterprise architecture reviews.
• Stay hands-on with production code during critical deployments.
• Contribute to product roadmap with learnings from deployments.
• Develop deployment playbooks for future teams.
• Support strategic customer conversations tied to enterprise revenue.

Skills

Forward Deployed Engineering

Production code written

LLM/Agent AI systems

Enterprise integrations

Retrieval, agents, production arch

Managing senior customers

Hiring and building team

Tools

FactSet

S&P Capital IQ

SharePoint

Job description

Storm2 seeks a Head of Forward Deployed Engineering in New York to build and lead the FDE function, working directly with bankers on live deals and production deployments. You will own multi-system integrations and ensure secure, compliant rollouts across large financial institutions.

You will stay hands-on with code, shape the roadmap, and hire the first eight engineers, influencing both product direction and enterprise revenue.