--- title: 'Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Alloy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/founding-forward-deployed-engineer-alloy-new-york-w3z4989chq93' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at Alloy - **Company:** Alloy - **Location:** New York, NY - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-26 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://www.alloy.com/about/jobs/detail?gh_jid=8610085002&gh_jid=8610085002 ## Job description Alloy is where you belong! Alloy is the AI-powered identity and fraud prevention platform that accelerates onboarding, stops fraud, and scales compliance across the customer lifecycle so financial organizations can grow without limits. More than 900 of the world's leading financial institutions and fintechs trust Alloy for smarter risk management that drives growth. Through our values: Be Bold, Go Fast, Collaborate, and Celebrate Our Differences, we are creating a workplace where you can grow, thrive, and belong. See how we’ve been continuously recognized and named one of [Inc. Magazine’s Best Workplaces](https://www.inc.com/profile/alloy_ny), [Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers](https://www.forbes.com/companies/alloy/?list=americas-best-startup-employers&sh=55c076453c61), [Best Fintech to Work for by American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/list/best-places-to-work-in-fintech-2022), year after year. Check out our investors and read more about us [here](https://www.alloy.com/about). ## About the team We're standing up a new function at Alloy: Forward Deployed Engineering. Our largest enterprise customers need a trusted technical partner with a strong point of view on how Alloy fits into their tech stack and fraud strategy. As a Forward Deployed Engineer, you'll be that partner - embedded with our most strategic accounts and owning the technical outcome end-to-end, with each deployment becoming the foundation for the next. You'll be one of the first two engineers on this founding team. This is a software engineering role through and through - based within our Engineering org, with a scope that spans software, product, and solutions engineering. You won't just join this function - you'll define how it works. Alloy operates in a hybrid-work environment. We look to foster collaboration and community by having our local employees onsite three days a week. ## What you'll be doing - Architect and tune customer and channel-partner deployments end-to-end — API integrations, third-party data integrations, SDKs, and latency constraints. - Write production code across our stack: TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6/React), Python (Django), Node.js, PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, and AWS. - Serve as Alloy's credible technical voice with customer engineering leadership, making architectural calls in real time. - Own the engineering track of QBRs for your accounts and serve in their on-call escalation path. - Turn your work into reusable platform primitives and docs, so each deployment makes the next one faster. Who we’re looking for - 5+ years of hands-on experience developing production-ready software, with a proven track record of delivering robust, scalable solutions. - Experience in a customer-facing technical role, Forward Deployed Engineering, solutions engineering with deep technical ownership, or similar - where you were accountable to an external stakeholder, not just an internal roadmap. - Strong backend and API fluency, with the ability to read and write production code across services you don't own. - Sound architectural judgment under ambiguity: you can make and defend technical decisions in the room, with a customer watching. - A genuine pull toward customer-facing work - you find energy in solving a real customer's real problem, alongside their engineers. - A clear technical communicator who can explain a complex integration tradeoff to a bank's VP of Engineering and to an Alloy PM in the same afternoon. - Ability to travel on occasion to our NYC office, as well as client offices in the US. Nice to have: - Experience at a company with a strong Forward Deployed Engineering culture (Palantir, Scale AI, Ramp, Plaid, Stripe, etc.). - Familiarity with identity, fraud, KYC/KYB, or financial services infrastructure. - Experience with SDK development or embedded front-end integrations. We're a lean team, so your impact will be felt immediately, and opportunities will grow as the company scales up. If this all sounds like a good fit for you, why not join us? Alloy is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Below is the anticipated starting base compensation range for this role; however, pay may vary depending on job-related knowledge, in-demand skills, relevant experience, and/or geography. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for equity awards in the form of stock options (ISOs) as well as a competitive total benefits package. Your recruiter will be happy to walk you through the details and what compensation could look like for you specifically! This position has a salary range of $141,000 to $250,000. ## Benefits and Perks - Unlimited PTO and flexible work policy - Employee stock options - Medical, dental, vision plans with HSA (monthly employer contribution) and FSA options - 401k with 100% match up to 4% of annual employee compensation - Eligible new parents receive 16 weeks of paid parental leave - Home office stipend for new employees - Annual Learning & Development annual stipend - Well-being benefits include access to ClassPass, OneMedical, UrbanSitter, and Spring Health How to apply Apply right here! You've found the application! Alloy is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and employer. We’re committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status. We are committed to an inclusive interview experience and provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with visible and invisible disabilities. We encourage applicants to share needed accommodations with their recruiter. All Alloy jobs are listed on our careers page. Any communication during the recruitment process, including interview requests or job offers, will come directly from a recruiting team member with an [alloy.com](http://alloy.com/) email address. We do not use outside applications or automated text messaging in our recruiting process. We will not ask for any sensitive financial or identification information during the recruiting process. If you’re ever unsure, please contact us directly via our website before sharing personal information. ## About Alloy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Alloy provides an end-to-end identity risk management platform that enables financial institutions and fintechs to manage fraud, credit, and compliance risk across the customer lifecycle. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series C) - **Headquarters**: New York City, NY, USA - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Tommy Nicholas (CEO), Laura Spiekerman (President), Charles Hearn (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Financial technology (Fintech), Identity risk management, Fraud prevention, Regulatory compliance - **Target customers**: B2B – Banks, credit unions, and fintech companies (over 800 organizations) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Solve the identity risk problem for companies that offer financial products by enabling them to outpace fraud and confidently serve more people around the world.” ## Products & Services - **Alloy Platform**: A unified, configurable SaaS platform that orchestrates data from over 200 sources (identity verification, fraud detection, credit bureaus, etc.) in real time. It uses AI algorithms to enrich datasets and deliver omnichannel decisions for account opening, transaction monitoring, and ongoing risk management. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Series C, raised $100M+ in total funding) - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $100M+ (Series C led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Canapi Ventures, and others. Over 200 pre-built integrations with data partners. - **Growth Signals**: Serves 800+ financial institutions and fintechs; 315 total employees (as of mid-2025); expanding product capabilities (e.g., AI-driven decisioning); hybrid work model with growing NYC HQ. ## Competitive Advantages - **Broadest network of prebuilt integrations** (200+ sources) creating a deep data orchestration layer. - **End-to-end platform** covering fraud, credit, and compliance – not just point solution. - **AI-powered enrichment** that turns diverse datasets into actionable identity decisions. - **Trusted by major banks and fast-growing fintechs**, giving them a strong network effect. ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Deepening AI/ML capabilities for real-time risk decisions; expanding into new geographies (global identity coverage); enhancing the developer experience and API flexibility; maintaining regulatory compliance across jurisdictions. ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Inclusive, collaborative environment with a diversity manifesto; mean gender pay gap below 10%; mandatory unconscious bias training; hiring practices that promote diversity. - **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Hybrid model anchored in Union Square, NYC (flexible in-office days); pet-friendly office with wellness spaces and catered lunches. - **Notable perks**: Unlimited PTO, 16 weeks paid parental leave, 401(k) with 4% match (immediate vesting), stock options, $1,000 Learning & Development stipend, $250 home office stipend, free therapy via healthcare partners, ClassPass, OneMedical, Spring Health, and a $5,000 employee referral program with charitable giving component. - **Engineering culture**: 113 product + tech employees; emphasis on collaboration and impact; interview process includes take-home or live assessments. ## Sources 1. [alloy.com/about](https://www.alloy.com/about) 2. [alloy.com/about/careers](https://www.alloy.com/about/careers) 3. [builtin.com/company/alloy](https://builtin.com/company/alloy) 4. 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