Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)

Title of Role: Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Location: New York, NY (Union Square)
Company Stage of Funding: Seed-stage (pre-Series A)
Office Type: Onsite (5–6 days/week, with flexibility on Saturdays)
Salary: $160,000 – $190,000 + Equity

Company Description

Our client is an early-stage, venture-backed fintech startup building an AI-native platform to modernize accounts receivable and order-to-cash workflows. Their technology helps businesses automate invoicing, collections, and financial operations—unlocking billions in trapped cash flow across the global B2B payments ecosystem.

Founded by experienced entrepreneurs with a proven track record of building and exiting successful companies, the team is small, highly technical, and operating with strong early traction. With dozens of customers already onboard and plans to raise a Series A in the near future, this is a unique opportunity to join just before the next phase of rapid growth.

What You Will Do

• Lead end-to-end technical implementations for customers, from initial requirements through deployment and go-live

• Design and build backend systems for billing infrastructure, including data mapping, schema design, and integrations

• Work directly with customer engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges and ensure successful adoption

• Contribute to internal product development, improving core platform capabilities and tooling

• Act as a technical point of contact post-deployment, supporting ongoing customer needs and escalations

• Balance time between customer-facing implementation work (50–60%) and internal engineering (40–50%)

• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business teams in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment

Ideal Candidate Background

• 2–7 years of experience as a software engineer in fast-paced or startup environments

• Strong backend engineering experience with TypeScript and Go

• Experience in customer-facing technical roles (e.g., Forward Deployed Engineer, Solutions Engineer, Technical Consultant)

• Proven ability to own and deliver complex implementations end-to-end

• Strong communication skills with the ability to work directly with customer engineering teams

• Comfortable working onsite in New York and engaging in a highly collaborative environment

• High agency, adaptability, and ability to thrive in ambiguous, rapidly evolving settings

Preferred

• Experience in fintech, B2B payments, billing, or accounting systems

• Prior experience in an FDE or similar hybrid engineering/customer role

• Background at high-growth, venture-backed startups or top-tier technology companies

• Exposure to data modeling, APIs, and system integrations

• Experience as a founder or early engineer at a startup

• Strong academic background in Computer Science or a related field

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive base salary: $160,000 – $190,000 (flexible for exceptional candidates)

• Equity in a high-growth, early-stage company

• Relocation assistance available

• Opportunity to join just before Series A and have outsized impact on company trajectory

• Work directly with experienced founders who have successfully built and exited companies

• High ownership role with rapid career growth potential

• Collaborative, in-person culture focused on speed, execution, and impact

This role is ideal for engineers who want to operate at the intersection of product, engineering, and customer success—owning real-world implementations while helping shape a category-defining fintech platform.