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Star Mountain employs three complementary strategies: (i) private credit, (ii) private equity and (iii) secondary private credit and private equity fund investing, all focused within the U.S. LMM. Star Mountain’s track record, business model, growth trajectory and award-winning culture provide compelling career opportunities for driven and talented individuals. Culture is a core principle which includes long-term alignment of interest with 100% of U.S. employees participating in investment profits. Star Mountain has ~$4.5 billion in assets under management (committed capital including debt facilities as of 10/31/25) and expects strong continued growth based on its performance, distinctive investment approach and its diversified investor base of domestic and global institutions (including public pensions, corporate pensions, insurance companies, commercial banks, endowments, foundations and family offices) and individuals. Star Mountain values team players with positive, solutions-based attitudes complemented by a strong work ethic and is heavily committed to long-term training and career development. Star Mountain is employee-owned with material long-term wealth creation opportunity for dedicated, entrepreneurial professionals. Dynamic team of 120+ full-time people and 40+ Senior Advisors / Operating Partners. The senior team has an average of 30 years of investment experience including prior leadership experience at Blackstone / GSO, Fortress, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan and Merrill Lynch.\n\nPosition Description\nThe Financial Systems Engineer will sit at the intersection of financial operations, fund finance, and applied AI engineering. The role embeds directly with the CFO and finance leadership to convert the firm’s core financial workflows into AI-engineered automations and scalable financial products - working across fund operations, reporting, and infrastructure as the firm scales toward $10 billion+ in assets under management.\nThis is a hands-on, high-impact position that requires both engineering depth and financial services fluency. The Financial Systems Engineer will be expected to understand how a private investment firm runs - funds, investors, deals, portfolio companies - and to translate that understanding into working technical solutions. The role operates at the senior end of the finance function and collaborates closely with enterprise, technology, and internal engineering teams.\nAnalyze fund management and finance operations workflows end-to-end to identify and prioritize high-value opportunities for AI-driven automation and process redesign\nPartner with the CFO and finance unit to architect and build the firm’s financial technology infrastructure - automated reporting pipelines, fund data systems, and AI-assisted financial tooling\nDesign, prototype, and deploy AI-engineered automations and financial products; translate finance requirements into technical specifications and engineering outputs into finance-ready solutions\nCollaborate with internal enterprise, technology, and engineering teams to integrate financial tooling into the firm’s broader technology stack and data architecture\nOperate as the bridge between finance stakeholders and engineering execution - presenting solutions clearly to non-technical leadership and documenting decisions for team-wide adoption\nEstablish repeatable frameworks for evaluating, implementing, and maintaining financial automations; document workflows, system architecture, and AI tooling decisions\nAdd value to other aspects of Star Mountain’s overall business as an aligned partner assisting in building a leading private investment business, including designing and building integrated systems across the platform, from fund operations and investor reporting to deal, portfolio, and data workflows, so that tools, data, and processes connect seamlessly and scale with the firm’s growth\nQualifications\n1-3 years of full-time experience combining engineering and financial services - backgrounds in banking, management consulting, fintech, or private equity all considered; recent graduates with strong technical credentials and finance exposure encouraged to apply\nDemonstrated ability to build and ship software in production environments, with hands-on experience in data pipelines, APIs, or workflow automation\nFinance fluency sufficient to see the connections: understanding of how a private investment firm operates - funds, investors, deals, portfolio companies - without requiring advanced investment training\nEngineering background required: degree or demonstrated proficiency in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a comparable quantitative field\nWorking command of Python or equivalent; comfort with structured data manipulation, automation tooling, and system integration\nFamiliarity with AI/ML frameworks or LLM-based tooling; applied experience building with or deploying AI systems strongly preferred\nAbility to design systems that are documented, maintainable, and scalable beyond the individual contributor\nExceptional attention to detail - the role’s outputs must be trusted by finance leadership without re-checking\nComfortable operating in ambiguity and building structure where none exists; this role and its scope are being defined in real time\nClear written and verbal communication; comfort presenting technical work to senior finance and executive stakeholders\nStrong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing priorities, and defined delivery standards simultaneously\nDiscretion and sound judgment handling confidential fund, investor, and financial information\nTeam player with a positive, solutions-based attitude and a strong work ethic; strong culture carrier\nLocation: New York, NY or Tampa, FL\nCompensation\n The exact salary will be determined based on the candidate's qualifications, experience, and performance during the selection process. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus and other economics. Total compensation may vary by role, location, department, and individual performance. The firm is 100% employee owned providing for material economic wealth creation opportunity.\nBenefits\n Star Mountain Capital is committed to a healthy and engaged workforce. Our benefits are constantly evolving to support our employees’ needs today and in the future. We offer a highly competitive medical, dental, and vision package. Select other benefits include: 50% coverage on monthly gym memberships, a cell phone stipend, tuition support of job-related designations and learning and development opportunities, and other bespoke benefits.\nInterview Process\n Thank you for your interest in a role at Star Mountain Capital. Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond to each one individually. If your resume is a match for the role you’ve applied for or other potential opportunities, we will reach out to start the conversation. If you do not hear from us immediately, please understand that we are carefully reviewing all applications and will keep your resume on file for future opportunities that align with your experience and qualifications.\nInvesting in the Growth Engine of America ®\n www.StarMountainCapital.com","description_format":"text","description_chars":7563,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":1,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity","Gym membership"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Business & SME Lending","Asset Management & Funds"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-24T16:21:53Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":76,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.841,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":18,"reasons":["conf:0","win:mid","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-10-31T05:58:55Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/star-mountain-capital-financial-systems-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/star-mountain-capital-financial-systems-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-31T10:31:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"search","counted_by":"address","units_charged":0,"used_today":0,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":null,"resets_at":"2026-11-01T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1866471},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1866471"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fstar-mountain-capital-financial-systems-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fstar-mountain-capital-financial-systems-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fstar-mountain-capital-financial-systems-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/star-mountain-capital-financial-systems-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fstar-mountain-capital-financial-systems-engineer"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3210059}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"starmountaincapital.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3210059},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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