Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYC
Core
Lead end-to-end deployment of OpenAI's AI models into regulated financial institutions, translating complex workflows and regulatory requirements into production systems.
Role type
Senior IC Forward Deployed Engineer (Financial Services)
Builds
Production-grade AI systems for banks, asset managers, insurers, and private capital firms
Domain
Financial Services / AI Deployment
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
End-to-end system ownership, financial workflow expertise, LLM/generative model deployment, production code (Python/JS), evaluation loop design, stakeholder communication
Preferred skills
Experience in investment banking/trading/risk/compliance, systems thinking, high-stakes decision making
Technologies
Python, JavaScript, LLMs, Generative Models
Responsibilities
Design and ship production AI systems with integrations and observability; Lead discovery and scoping from pre-sales to post-production; Define launch criteria for regulated environments; Build in sensitive data environments with strict access controls; Run evaluation loops against financial benchmarks; Own delivery state across multiple workstreams; Distill deployment learnings into reference architectures and playbooks
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC