Forward Deployed Engineer

About this role

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a founding-team engineering role at a pre-seed AI fintech startup building automation tools for private-market operations. You will own technical delivery end-to-end, from initial discovery with asset servicer and asset manager teams through production launch of AI-driven fund accounting workflows. Your field insights will feed directly back into the core product roadmap. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Manage the full project lifecycle for each customer engagement, from discovery through production deployment.

- Work directly with customer operations teams to map existing workflows and identify adoption barriers. - Convert customer processes into AI-driven, automated workflows using the platform's agent and integration capabilities. - Build customer-tailored prototypes, iterating rapidly and adjusting scope based on real feedback. - Surface deployment learnings and translate them into actionable input for product planning. - Develop reusable components and standardized approaches from recurring implementation patterns.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - 1 to 6 years of production software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping customer-facing software end-to-end. - Proficiency in TypeScript and Node.js, with hands-on experience using NestJS, Postgres, Prisma, and React. - Comfortable working directly with customers to scope, prototype, and iterate on technical deliverables, forward-deployed or solutions engineering experience is a strong plus.

- Genuine empathy for and ability to understand private-market or financial operations workflows. - Experience in private markets, fund accounting, or financial operations is a bonus. - Able to work in person from the Berlin office alongside the founding team. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Salary range: 70,000 to 110,000 EUR annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in Berlin, Germany. This role requires regular in-person collaboration with the founding team.

Source listing: ashby_clera