{"id":834268,"url":"https://alion.io/job/drivepoint-forward-deployed-engineer-finance","title":"Forward Deployed Engineer - Finance","company":{"id":720124,"name":"Drivepoint","domain":"drivepoint.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/drivepoint-2","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Rippling","truth_index":null},"role":"Solutions","role_family":"Solutions","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Boston, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":140000,"max":180000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":180000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"SQL","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-03-09T20:12:44Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-03-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-01T09:11:48Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":205,"trust":{"level":"stale","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale"],"days_open":205},"description":"About Drivepoint\nDrivepoint is building the AI-native financial operating system for consumer and retail brands.\nMost finance teams still run on fragile spreadsheets, disconnected data, and static reports. We replace that with an AI-powered system that unifies modeling, forecasting, reporting, and scenario planning.\nLeading consumer brand founders, CFOs, and finance teams use Drivepoint to analyze business performance, model future scenarios, and make critical decisions. With strong product-market fit, inbound momentum, and fresh Series A funding ($7M, July 2025), we’re scaling rapidly toward our mission of powering 25% of global retail GMV by 2030.\nAI alone doesn’t create leverage.\nThis role exists to embed with customers, design their financial system inside Drivepoint, and turn insight into action fast.\n Forward Deployed Engineer - Finance (FDEF)\nLocation: Boston (Hybrid Preferred)\nTeam: Customer\nReports To: VP Customer Success\nCompensation: $140,000 - $180,000 base + performance bonus + equity\nThe Role\nWe’re hiring a Forward Deployed Engineer - Finance to work directly with high-growth consumer brands and architect their financial operating systems inside Drivepoint.\nThis is a hybrid role combining advanced financial modeling, applied AI deployment, and customer-facing strategic execution. You will embed with customers, translate messy real-world data into scalable financial architecture, and deliver measurable business impact.\nThis is not just advisory.\nThis is applied leverage that creates real value for real companies.\nWhat You’ll Do\nArchitect the Financial Operating System\nTranslate channel data (Shopify, Amazon, wholesale, retail, inventory, marketing) into a clean Drivepoint architecture\nBuild scalable 3-statement models, cohort models, unit economics frameworks, and scenario planning systems\nDesign board-ready reporting and forecasting workflows\nDeploy Applied AI in Production\nConfigure AI-driven forecasting and scenario workflows\nStructure prompts and automation flows that reduce manual FP&A work\nIncrease rigor while decreasing manual effort\nDrive Strategic Outcomes\nIdentify leverage opportunities (CAC payback, contribution margin expansion, working capital optimization, channel mix shifts)\nPressure-test assumptions with sensitivity analysis\nPresent insight → implication → quantified financial impact\nOperate as a Trusted Partner\nLead structured working sessions with CFOs and founders\nAlign finance, operations, and growth teams\nOwn time-to-value and measurable outcomes for customers\nTeach, Coach, and Empower\nBuild AI-forward operators inside our customers’ teams\nCreate routines and systems to ensure success after you fade away\nCommunicate expectations for success to end users and C-Suite\nWho This Role Is For\nYou likely come from:\nInvestment banking\nPrivate equity\nCorporate finance\nStrategy consulting\nHigh-performing FP&A\nYou are:\nA top-bucket performer\nA strong financial modeler\nActively building AI tools and systems in your 5-9\nTired of static decks and fragile Excel models\nMotivated to build, not just advise\nYou prefer shipping over polishing.\nThis role is designed for people who want to accelerate their careers by operating at the intersection of finance, product, and AI. You’ll see inside hundreds of high-growth consumer brands, build real AI-powered financial systems used in production, and develop the judgment and perspective typically gained much later in finance careers.\nWhat We’re Looking For\nFinance\nAdvanced financial modeling skills\nDeep understanding of unit economics and working capital\nStrong scenario planning and sensitivity analysis capabilities\nData & Systems\nComfortable working with large datasets\nSQL proficiency preferred\nStrong systems thinking\nAI Fluency\nComfortable using LLMs in applied workflows\nUnderstand prompt structuring and model behavior\nLeveraging automation and AI-enabled workflows\nExecutive Presence\nStructured communicator\nAbility to simplify complexity\nCredible in a room with CFOs and founders\nCompensation: $140,000 - $180,000 base + performance bonus + equity\nAdditional Details\nLocation: Boston-based candidates able to join the team in our downtown office 1-2 days per week.\nFunding: Venture-backed with more than $15M raised from top-tier investors.\nCompensation & Benefits: Competitive package including base salary + commission, unlimited PTO, 401(k), and excellent health/dental insurance.","description_format":"text","description_chars":4414,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Dental insurance","Equity","Unlimited PTO"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Financial Software & Embedded Finance","Revenue & SaaS Metrics Analytics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-12T18:11:45Z"}],"liveness":{"score":6,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.197,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":205,"expected_fill_days":36,"reasons":["conf:27","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-01T05:45:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":180000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/drivepoint-forward-deployed-engineer-finance","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/drivepoint-forward-deployed-engineer-finance.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-01T12:48:59Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4307,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":693,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-10-02T00:00:00Z"}}}