OnePay

fintech

ForwardDeployedEngineer(AIandAutomation)

$170–210k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Forward Deployed Engineer (AI and Automation) at OnePay. Skills: AI agents, automation workflows, LLM APIs, agent frameworks, Python. Ship production-grade AI agents and automation workflows. Collaborate shoulder-to-shoulder with Subject Matter Experts to translate manual business processes into performant, reliable technical specifications and agentic architectures”

What You'll Achieve.

10X their impact through intelligent tooling; ensure data integrity and security; ensure all AI-driven workflows are secure, compliant, and resilient at scale; validate agent accuracy, reliability, and regression behavior

Industry & Context.

fintech
Problems you'll solve

identify, design, and build the agentic systems that power our internal operations; automate complex workflows; solve high-stakes business problems; translate manual business processes into performant, reliable technical specifications and agentic architectures; proactively find friction points, design the solution

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of professional engineering experience, Hands-on expertise with modern AI tooling, deep experience with LLM APIs, agent frameworks (LangGraph, Claude SDK), developer productivity tools like Cursor or Claude Code, Python proficiency (or TypeScript/Go equivalent), Systems integration experience, working knowledge of REST APIs, data pipelines (SQL), cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS)

Nice to Have

Familiarity with LLM evaluation techniques — including prompt regression testing, human-in-the-loop review, and automated eval pipelines, familiarity with our exact stack, familiarity with modern software engineering practices

What You'll Do.

Ship production-grade AI agents and automation workflows

Collaborate shoulder-to-shoulder with Subject Matter Experts to translate manual business processes into performant

reliable technical specifications and agentic architectures

Rapidly prototype and deploy end-to-end solutions using Python and modern AI frameworks (LLM APIs

with clear ownership from discovery through production

Build and maintain robust integrations between OnePay’s core SaaS stack (Salesforce

etc. ) and custom AI services

ensuring data integrity and security

Empower and educate internal partners

acting as a technical force multiplier to help non-technical teams adopt AI-first mindsets and build their own automated agents

Instrument monitoring and guardrails to ensure all AI-driven workflows are secure

and resilient at scale — including appropriate handling of PII

access control design

and coordination with Legal and Security review processes

Design and run evaluation frameworks to validate agent accuracy

and regression behavior before and after production deployments

Lead structured discovery sessions with business stakeholders to surface requirements

and produce clear technical scopes before a single line of code is written

Create reusable playbooks

architecture decision records

and handoff documentation so that the teams you work with can maintain and extend what you build

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate shoulder-to-shoulder with Subject Matter Experts; Empower and educate internal partners; coordination with Legal and Security review processes; working across org lines

Communication Scope

present trade-offs credibly to audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior leadership

Process & Methodology

clear ownership from discovery through production, Lead structured discovery sessions, assess feasibility, produce clear technical scopes before a single line of code is written

Full Job Description

ABOUT ONEPAY OnePay is the consumer fintech trusted by millions of Americans to make money better. Our financial system is broken. High fees, low rates, and too few ways to actually grow your money. We’re fixing it. And we’re moving fast. We’re an all-in-one financial services platform that brings together banking, high-yield savings, credit cards, point-of-sale lending, investing, and crypto in one place. We also partner with employers, HCM providers, gig platforms, and others to deliver embedded financial services to millions of employees and frontline workers. We’re backed by Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, and Ribbit Capital, one of fintech’s most respected investors, giving us rare scale, distribution, and the opportunity to build something truly category-defining. But what really sets OnePay apart is how we move. Our customers don’t have time to wait… and neither do we. This place moves fast, and we’re looking for people who are: - Ready to run - Hungry and driven by urgency - Exceptional at what they do, with low ego - Comfortable operating in motion THE ROLE As a Forward Deployed Engineer at OnePay, you will act as a technical strike force, embedding within functional teams to identify, design, and build the agentic systems that power our internal operations. You will bridge the gap between high-level AI strategy and production-grade engineering, helping non-technical teams automate complex workflows and 10X their impact through intelligent tooling.   WHAT YOU’LL DO - Ship production-grade AI agents and automation workflows that solve high-stakes business problems in cross-functional orgs like Finance, Legal, and People. - Collaborate shoulder-to-shoulder with Subject Matter Experts to translate manual business processes into performant, reliable technical specifications and agentic architectures. - Rapidly prototype and deploy end-to-end solutions using Python and modern AI frameworks (LLM APIs, RAG patterns, and agentic SDKs), with clear ownership f

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