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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Forward Deployed Engineer, Finance [Office of the CTO] - **Company:** Coinbase, Inc. - **Location:** Santa Fe, NM, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $218,025.0 - $256,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Netsuite, Anaplan, Software Engineering, Large Language Models, Multi-Agent Systems, Prompt Engineering, AI Platforms, Workday - **Published:** August 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/B0B738093773493F8BB65B4D38F07523/job/ ## About the Role * 5+ years of software engineering experience with a demonstrated ability to ship production systems in ambiguous, stakeholder-heavy environments, with greenfield experience a strong plus. * Hands-on experience deploying LLM-based applications, including prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, hallucination guardrails, and human-in-the-loop design for high-stakes financial outputs. * Proven ability to embed with non-technical domain experts, rapidly internalize complex workflows, and translate them into engineering requirements. * Familiarity with financial systems concepts: ERP data flows (NetSuite, Workday, Anaplan), reconciliation logic, trial balances, and SOX-controlled environments * Does not need to be a CPA, but should be open to learning * Familiarity with multi-agent orchestration concepts including how agent systems handle handoffs, escalation, and auditability * Experience in a Forward Deployed Engineering, Solutions Engineering, or embedded technical advisory capacity, ideally in fintech, finance-tech, or enterprise automation environments. * Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. *Pay Transparency Notice:** *Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). ## Description * Embed with FP&A and Treasury leadership to surface the automation opportunities with the greatest business leverage - developing ground-level understanding of workflows like period-end close, variance analysis, and liquidity stress-testing before writing a single line of code. * Prototype quickly and pragmatically using Coinbase's existing AI platform as the default foundation before recommending net-new builds. * Own the Finance automation roadmap in partnership with the VP of FP&A & Treasury, translating complex financial workflows - budgeting cycles, GL reconciliation, multi-entity consolidation, regulatory filing drafts - into engineering requirements and engineering constraints back to stakeholders clearly. * Define the build-vs-buy strategy for Finance tooling, evaluating what Coinbase should build internally, adopt from partner teams, procure from vendors, or retire. * Ensure every automated financial output is traceable, reviewable, and defensible to auditors - with SOX compliance, segregation of duties, and human-in-the-loop controls as first-class design concerns. * Drive adoption through brown-bags, prototype walkthroughs, and feedback loops that bring FP&A and Treasury teams along on the journey and ensure tools actually get used. ## Related Videos - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) - [Destigmatizing the Workplace: Building Real Inclusion](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1492-destigmatizing-the-workplace-building-real-inclusion) - [Inside Bitpanda's Tech Stack: Scaling a European Fintech Leader - Markus Dorner](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1979-inside-bitpanda-s-tech-stack-scaling-a-european-fintech-leader-markus-dorner) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - How DevRel Makes Tech More Human](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2149-wearedevelopers-live-how-devrel-makes-tech-more-human) - [Next Level Enterprise Architecture: Modular, Flexible, Scalable, Multichannel and AI-Ready?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1017-next-level-enterprise-architecture-modular-flexible-scalable-multichannel-and-ai-ready) - [The Future of Employee Wellbeing: Benefits, Trust & Performance](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1808-the-future-of-employee-wellbeing-benefits-trust-performance) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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