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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Affinipay, LLC
- **Location:** Austin, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $170,000 - $200,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Data Warehousing, Software Debugging, Python (Programming Language), PCI Data Security Standards, SQL Databases, TypeScript, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Zapier, Backend, Production Code, Low-code, Restful APIs
- **Published:** November 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/forward-deployed-engineer-affinipay-10715889

## About the Role

* 3+ years in Forward Deployed Engineering, Applied AI, Solutions Engineering, or a comparable hands-on, stakeholder-embedded engineering role.
 * Can build agentic loops (agents, context, skills/tools, evals) yourself, end-to-end - this is a hands-on builder role.
 * Strong backend or full-stack engineering background - production-grade Python and/or TypeScript, SQL, and REST API integration patterns.
 * Has done this kind of role before - embedded delivery, translating a business process into a technical system - and can share a portfolio of shipped work.
 * Comfortable working directly with non-technical stakeholders in CS, Sales, Marketing, or Finance and translating their process into a technical spec.
 * Builder mindset - makes fast, sound decisions under ambiguity, and prioritizes shipping something real over a polished demo.

Nice to have:

 * Experience in fintech or financial services - payments, banking data, risk/compliance, or subscription billing.
 * Hands-on with low-code/orchestration tools (n8n, Zapier, Make) in addition to custom-built agents.
 * Familiarity with SOC 2, PCI-DSS, or data-security practices for regulated financial data.
 * Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, and observability.

## Description

As a Forward Deployed Engineer at 8am, you embed directly with an internal business function - starting in Customer Support, Sales, Marketing, or Finance - to ship production agentic systems, not demos. You own the last mile between what's technically possible and what a specific team actually runs day to day.

You sit at the intersection of engineering, business process, and product discovery. You are judged on one thing: did the function you embedded measurably change how it works because you were in the room. You build the agent, the context, and the skills yourself - you don't just spec it out for someone else to build., * Own technical delivery end-to-end on an internal engagement - from discovery and scoping through building, launch, and steady-state support.

 * Build agentic systems (agents, context/RAG, skills, tools, evals) that automate real workflows for CS, Sales, Marketing, Finance, or Product teams.
 * Write production-grade code (Python and/or TypeScript) and SQL to connect internal systems - CRM, support tooling, BI platforms, data warehouse - into working automation.
 * Run discovery directly with business stakeholders - understand their workflow well enough to build against it, not just automate around it.
 * Diagnose and resolve issues in live deployments - reproduce problems, debug across the stack, and iterate quickly with the stakeholder team.
 * Translate what you learn into reusable playbooks, skills, and templates so one-off wins become repeatable capabilities for the next engagement.
 * Proactively build trust with the teams you support - the goal is for them to need less of your guidance over time, not more., At 8am, we recognize that innovation occurs with a strong team of people who are diverse in background, personality, talent and ideas. Experience comes in many forms and ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we continue to learn from each other is an integral part of our culture. We are committed to creating a welcoming and transparent environment for all that embraces those differences through education, equal access to opportunities and information, inclusionary programs, and community outreach.