Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, United States
Full-time

About the role

We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer with 2+ years of experience to lead end-to-end enterprise customer implementations for our AI-powered debt collection platform. CollectWise is a Y Combinator-backed startup that has scaled from zero to $3.5M ARR in ~18 months, and we need someone who can blend strong engineering skills with excellent client communication to help us reach $10M ARR.

What will you be doing?

  • Gathering requirements from enterprise clients and leading recurring calls to walk them through the implementation process
  • Building and configuring AI agent implementations — ranging from straightforward to highly complex technical work
  • Communicating directly with customers via email and calls to ensure the AI handles scenarios correctly, making technical fixes in real-time
  • Getting clients live and ensuring successful ROI during the first month post-launch
  • Owning the full customer relationship — you report directly to your clients, not to internal management

About CollectWise

CollectWise automates consumer debt collection with AI. Our platform handles the entire late-stage recovery process, allowing creditors to recover debts that couldn’t be resolved through voluntary communications. CollectWise's AI agents automate asset research, pre-legal outreach, litigation, credit reporting, and enforcement actions like garnishments and liens. CollectWise's AI agents are already outperforming human collectors by 2X, and they're doing so at a fraction of the cost.

Required skills

Node.js
TypeScript
React.js
AWS
SQL
LLMs (GPT-5)
Voice AI

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Job details

Salary

$155,000 - $225,000

Equity

0.1% - 0.7%

Location

New York, United States

Experience

2+ years

Company

NameCollectWise
Industryai, fintech, financial_services
Team Size8

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Seed

Investors

Y Combinator

Founders

Sean OBrien

Sean OBrien

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.