Forward Deployed Engineer

The role

The Forward Deployed Engineer will deploy and integrate Bretton's platform in real-world environments. This role involves working with customers to implement technology in complex enterprise environments and uncovering insights to improve the product.

What you will do

• Deploy Bretton's AI agents at banks, fintechs, and payments companies
• Travel onsite to work through last-mile connectivity challenges
• Partner with BSA officers, AML analysts, and risk teams to translate workflows into agent behavior
• Build connectors, configuration tools, and internal frameworks
• Guide customers from demo through go-live as a technical advisor
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and GTM
• Diagnose and resolve issues in real deployments
• Translate customer usage into product insights

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as a software engineer or similar
• Strong backend or data engineering background
• Experience with Python, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure
• Actively building with LLMs and modern AI systems is a must
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to explain AI systems to non-technical stakeholders
• Strong debugging and problem-solving mindset
• Comfort working with enterprise customers

Nice to have

• Previous experience in a customer-facing technical role (e.g., solutions engineer, forward deployed engineer, or technical implementation role)

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare
• 401k matching
• commuter benefits
• Flexible time off
• unlimited sick days
• paid holidays
• Flexible leave options
• We cover DoorDash and Uber home if working late

About the company

Bretton runs AI-native operations for the financial back office. They are based in downtown San Francisco.