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Heron Data · 20 hours ago

Forward Deployed Engineer

NYC

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $250K/yr

Herondata is a fast-growing AI startup focused on automating workflows for financial services companies. They are seeking a Forward Deployed Engineer to design technical solutions and ship code frequently while engaging directly with customers to understand their problems and deliver impactful software.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Document ManagementFinancial ExchangesFinTechInsurTechSaaS

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Enjoy -actually- building and making an impact: you get a kick out of shipping code frequently, iteratively, and collaboratively. You value MVPs and customer impact over perfectly engineered systems. You can take responsibility over the end-to-end deployment of what you build

Want to understand customer problems first hand: you’re not content sitting in an office and theorizing about a problem. You enjoy seeing and breaking down customer problems in-person, which may include traveling to see customers all across the US (and sometimes internationally!)

Thrive at solving tough technical problems: you enjoy breaking down challenges into simple and well-designed solutions. You are fact-oriented and thoughtful in your approach, but you don’t get bogged down in over-intellectualizing or over-complicating things

Scale-oriented: while having a bias to action and impact, you will care about scalable infrastructure and engineering processes. Even better if you’re able to bring some better practices or improvements to our infrastructure or ways of working!

Be able to contribute in our stack: we try to balance speed and impact with fitting the best framework/ technology to the task at hand. Currently, we work primarily in Python / Flask / FastAPI on the backend, Terraform / GCP / AWS for infra, and React / JavaScript / TypeScript / Vercel on the frontend. Ideally, you’ll be able to contribute within our stack while also helping us experiment and evolve to continually improve functionality and performance

Scrappy and creative: when faced with an obstacle, you will either overcome it by pure determination (i.e., by hand), or find an unconventional approach or ‘hack’ to navigate it

Persistent: you may not always find the right answer or person immediately, but you're motivated to keep on trying until you do so. You’ll go the extra mile - including Flying to Gainesville - if that’s what it takes

Pilot not passenger: at a fast-growing company like Heron we need people who jump on opportunities unprompted and drive them to a great outcome, rather than folks who wait to be told what to do

Excited to work in a fast-paced, high-growth, team-based environment: we aim to move quickly and decisively, but together. You’ll be a great team player and do what it takes for the team to succeed

Qualification

PythonFlaskFastAPITerraformGCPAWSReactJavaScriptTypeScriptPersistentTeam playerCreative problem solvingAdaptability

Required

Enjoy building and making an impact: you get a kick out of shipping code frequently, iteratively, and collaboratively

Value MVPs and customer impact over perfectly engineered systems

Take responsibility over the end-to-end deployment of what you build

Want to understand customer problems first hand: enjoy seeing and breaking down customer problems in-person

Thrive at solving tough technical problems: enjoy breaking down challenges into simple and well-designed solutions

Be fact-oriented and thoughtful in your approach

Care about scalable infrastructure and engineering processes

Able to contribute in our stack: primarily in Python / Flask / FastAPI on the backend, Terraform / GCP / AWS for infra, and React / JavaScript / TypeScript / Vercel on the frontend

Scrappy and creative: overcome obstacles by determination or find unconventional approaches

Persistent: motivated to keep trying until you find the right answer or person

Pilot not passenger: jump on opportunities unprompted and drive them to a great outcome

Excited to work in a fast-paced, high-growth, team-based environment

Benefits

Health, dental, vision with partial coverage for dependents

401K

Uncapped PTO

Parental leave

Free mental health support via Spill - on-demand access to therapy

Weekly company lunches (always inclusive and vegan-friendly - especially if you like Vietnamese food!)

Company

Heron Data

Heron Data utilizes AI to automate document intake, extraction, and enrichment in the lending, equipment finance, and insurance industries.

Founded in 2020

New York, New York, USA

11-50 employees

http://www.herondata.io

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