Forward Deployed Engineer at Clera-AI

Berlin, , Germany -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Oct, 26

Salary

110000.0

Posted On

20 Jul, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

AI/ML Deployment, Technical Delivery, Customer Discovery, Workflow Automation, TypeScript, NestJS, Postgres, Prisma, Inngest, React, TanStack, Tailwind, Fund Accounting, Private Market Operations, Prototyping, Stakeholder Management

Industry

technology;Information and Internet

Description

About the Role Join a small, high-caliber founding team at a Berlin-based AI-native fintech company building autonomous agent workflows for private market operations. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll own technical delivery end-to-end — from discovery sessions with fund accounting and operations teams through to production launch — and feed real-world deployment insights directly back into the core product. This is a hands-on, customer-facing engineering role at the intersection of AI systems, financial operations, and rapid product iteration. You'll work on-site in Berlin with a tight founding team, operating with high autonomy and impact from day one. What You'll Do Manage the full technical delivery lifecycle — discovery, scoping, build, and production launch — for AI-driven fund accounting agent deployments Collaborate directly with customer operations teams to map existing workflows and identify adoption barriers Convert customer processes into production-grade AI-driven workflows on the platform Build customer-tailored prototypes with rapid iteration cycles and informed scope adjustments Translate deployment learnings into concrete product feedback and development planning Identify recurring patterns and develop standardized approaches and reusable components over time What We're Looking For Required: Eligibility to work in Germany without visa sponsorship Ability to work on-site in Berlin Proven ability to transform customer workflows into production deployments of AI/ML-driven systems End-to-end technical delivery ownership, from discovery through to go-live Experience engaging stakeholders in private-market operations (e.g. fund accounting, treasury, transfer agency) Proficiency deploying AI/ML systems to production environments — including monitoring, rollback, and production-grade tooling 1–3 years of relevant engineering experience Nice to Have: Comfort operating in a small founding-team environment with high ambiguity and rapid iteration Familiarity with the tech stack: TypeScript, NestJS, Postgres, Prisma, Inngest, React, TanStack, Tailwind Background at companies working on AI agents, workflow automation, or fintech infrastructure Compensation & Benefits Salary: €70,000 – €110,000 per year, depending on experience Early-stage equity opportunity with a founding-team position High-ownership, high-impact role within a lean and experienced team Location Berlin, Germany — on-site Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must already be eligible to work in Germany

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end technical delivery of AI-driven fund accounting agent workflows from discovery to production launch. Translate customer operational needs into production-grade AI systems and provide feedback to the core product team.