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title: 'Forward Deployed Engineer at Schonfeld'
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# Forward Deployed Engineer at Schonfeld 

- **Company:** Schonfeld 
- **Location:** New York New York, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-09-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-19
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/schonfeld/jobs/8209327

## Job description

## The Role

We’re hiring multiple Forward Deployed Engineers to join our AI Solutions team across our US and EMEA offices. You’ll be embedded with the business – working alongside portfolio managers, researchers and corporate teams – to identify, build and productionize AI solutions that take real work off their desks. Where our AI Platforms team builds the shared foundation, you build on top of it and deliver into the business. This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering position where you’ll contribute not just as an AI software engineer, but also as an AI strategist. You’ll work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where product requirements evolve, and business stakeholders are deeply engaged.

We are growing this team through 2026 and expect to make several hires from this posting across both regions. We are hiring at Engineer through Senior Engineer level and will calibrate level, scope and compensation to your experience.

## What you’ll do

- You’ll work closely with various business stakeholders, helping shape feature definitions, and design and build high-impact AI-powered solutions to automate manual processes.
- Design and implement new Agentic AI-powered workflows to run continuously in the background, analyzing market news, security data, SEC filings, emails, and other data sources and surface pertinent information that can help drive investment decisions.
- Develop agents, skills, prompts, and workflow templates, along with tailored customizations for portfolio managers.
- Own delivery end-to-end, from requirements through production and post-launch iteration, including User Acceptance Testing with relevant stakeholders until the solution is successful
- Feed proven patterns back to the AI Platforms team as reusable assets, and contribute to the team’s code quality, best practices and development lifecycle

Where you might focus

We are filling several of these roles and each one is embedded with a different part of the firm. Depending on your background and interests you might focus on one of the areas below – let us know which is the better fit for you.

- Investment-facing – embedded with a strategy, building solutions against the investment process alongside portfolio managers and research teams
- Non-investment and enterprise – partnering with corporate and operational functions to automate document-heavy and manual workflows end-to-end
- Agentic coding – embedded with quant and engineering teams to drive adoption and effectiveness of agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, solving team-specific problems and turning what works into reusable patterns
- EMEA – the same remit based in our London office, partnering with investment and non-investment teams in the region

What you need:

- 5+ years of professional software engineering Python experience in finance, working with investment professionals
- Experience with AWS cloud services (S3, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, etc.), Kubernetes-driven deployments, Github Actions, and modern CI/CD pipelines
- Experience building and shipping software directly with non-engineering users, gathering requirements from them and iterating on real feedback
- Comfort working with messy real-world data such as documents, filings, emails, and market and reference data
- Product sense: gathering requirements, prioritizing features and owning a roadmap, even in an informal or unofficial capacity
- A passion for AI, creative ideas for how it can be a tool for problem solving and productivity
- A thoughtful approach to problem-solving; ability to break down complex issues methodically
- Excellent communication skills; able to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders

We’d love if you had:

- Experience in finance working directly with investment professionals – required for our investment-facing roles, valued but not essential for the others
- Experience developing agentic AI applications, harnesses, MCP servers, and workflows
- Familiarity with or experience building AI agents, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, or agentic tools
- Hands-on use of agentic coding tools such as Claude Code in your own workflow
- Product management experience, or exposure to product-management-like responsibilities

## Who we are

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture At Schonfeld, we’ll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.

The base pay for this role is expected to be between $200,000 and $250,000. Because we are hiring at more than one level, the offer will be calibrated to the level at which a candidate is hired. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance bonus and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience.

## __PRESENT

## About Schonfeld 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager hedge fund that invests across quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading, and discretionary macro & fixed income strategies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (multi-strategy hedge fund, registered investment advisor since 2016)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 1988
- **Founders**: Steven Schonfeld

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services / Investment Management / Hedge Funds
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds, family offices)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns in all market environments and cycles, while fostering a culture where the brightest minds are empowered to learn, innovate, and lead with purpose.

## Products & Services
- **Multi-Manager Platform**: A structure housing over 140 portfolio manager teams across four core strategies, providing capital, technology, risk management, and operational support.
- **Quantitative Strategies**: Systematic and data-driven trading across global markets.
- **Fundamental Equity**: Long/short equity investing based on deep fundamental research.
- **Tactical Trading**: Discretionary and event-driven trading strategies.
- **Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income**: Global macro and fixed income investing, launched in 2022.
- **Delta One & Emerging Markets**: Launched in 2023 to further diversify the firm's investment footprint.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private firm)
- **Key Metric**: $22 billion+ in Assets Under Management (AUM) as of July 1, 2026
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Institutional clients including pension funds and endowments. CEO Ryan Tolkin was appointed to the board of DUMAC, which manages Duke University’s endowment, in 2024.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Evolved from a US-centric family office to a global firm with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, São Paulo, and Miami.
  - Over 1,100 employees.
  - Over 140 portfolio manager teams.
  - Active job postings increased by +35.7% monthly and +7.5% quarterly (as of recent LinkedIn data).
  - Strategic expansion into Discretionary Macro, Fixed Income, Delta One, and Emerging Markets since 2022.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep Quantitative Roots**: Founded in 1988 as a proprietary trading firm with pioneering statistical trading strategies, some of which are still in use today.
- **Entrepreneurial Platform**: The multi-manager model attracts top-tier portfolio managers by providing significant capital, advanced technology, and rigorous risk management, allowing them to operate with autonomy.
- **Global Infrastructure**: A presence across five continents enables the firm to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities in markets worldwide.
- **Long-Term Track Record**: Over 35 years of operating history and evolution from a family office to an institutional-scale investment firm.

## Strategic Focus
- **Diversification**: Continuing to expand into new investment strategies (Macro, Fixed Income, Delta One, Emerging Markets) to reduce concentration and capture new alpha sources.
- **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring experienced professionals and early-career talent across technology, quantitative research, risk, and investment roles to fuel growth.
- **International Expansion**: Deepening its footprint in existing global hubs (São Paulo, Singapore, Hong Kong, London, Miami) and exploring new markets.
- **Technology & Data**: Investing heavily in data engineering, AI, risk technology, and systematic platforms to maintain a competitive edge.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as entrepreneurial, collaborative, and intellectually rigorous. The firm emphasizes that the best ideas rise to the top and that talent is its core strategy.
- **Impact**: Employees work alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry and are given the platform and support to turn ambitious ideas into lasting results.
- **Career Development**: Offers structured programs for students and early career professionals (internships, mentorship) and significant growth opportunities for experienced hires.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/Office-based. Offices are located in major financial hubs (New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, São Paulo, Miami).
- **Notable Perks**: The firm’s philosophy is "We’ll Invest in You," indicating a strong commitment to employee growth, learning, and providing the resources needed to succeed. Employee-led community groups foster inclusion and purpose.

## Sources
1. [schonfeld.com](https://www.schonfeld.com/)
2. [schonfeld.com/careers](https://www.schonfeld.com/careers/)
3. [schonfeld.com/leadership](https://www.schonfeld.com/our-firm/leadership/)
4. [linkedin.com/company/schonfeld-group](https://www.linkedin.com/company/schonfeld-group)

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