--- title: 'Solutions Engineer at Bretton AI' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/solutions-engineer-bretton-ai-united-states-2hy5a3cn01na' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Solutions Engineer at Bretton AI - **Company:** Bretton AI - **Location:** United States - **Compensation:** $130k–$170k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2025-08-20 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/brettonai/7ce44efa-553c-4f30-99f7-ffce02725290 ## Job description ## ABOUT BRETTON AI Bretton runs AI-native operations for the financial back office. OCC, Fed and FDIC regulated banks use Bretton AI to run compliance, risk, fraud, and operations on one platform, on their own data and policies, with every output traced, cited, and audit-ready. We’ve raised over $95M from Greylock, Y Combinator, Thomson Reuters Ventures and other top tier investors. We’re based in downtown San Francisco and our team comes from world-class organizations like Google, Netflix, Stripe, Plaid, Brex, and more. ## THE ROLE As a Solutions Engineer, you will be the technical bridge between our Account Executives and our prospective customers, playing a critical role in how they understand, adopt, and succeed with our AI agents. This is a highly cross-functional role where you will combine your technical credibility with your sales acumen to demonstrate value, build trust, and accelerate deals. You will be the technical voice of the customer, translating their needs into solutions and providing invaluable feedback to our product and engineering teams. You will get to show prospects how cutting-edge AI can transform their compliance operations, presenting to both CTOs and Chief Compliance Officers. ## WHAT YOU’LL DO - Partner with Account Executives to scope and deliver compelling, customized demos that are tailored to the specific business needs of our prospects. - Develop proof-of-concepts and prototypes that showcase how our AI agents can solve our customers’ most pressing problems. - Present our technical solutions to both business and technical stakeholders in a clear and persuasive manner. - Confidently handle technical objections, including questions about integration, compliance, and performance. - Collaborate with our Product and Engineering teams to provide feedback from the field and influence our product roadmap. - Contribute to our sales enablement materials, demo environments, and best practices to help scale the impact of our solutions engineering team. ## WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR ## MUST-HAVES: - A strong technical background in software engineering, solution architecture, or technical consulting. - Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex AI concepts into tangible business value. - Comfortable building quick prototypes and debugging code in real-time. - A consultative, customer-first mindset with a passion for creative problem-solving. ## BONUS POINTS: - Experience in fintech, compliance, or with AI products. - A background in a customer-facing technical role. ## WHY YOU’LL LOVE WORKING HERE - Bridge the Gap: You love being the technical expert in the room and enjoy the customer-facing side of technology. - High-Impact Role: You will blend deep technical knowledge with business strategy to help close deals and drive revenue. - Shape the Product: You will be the voice of the customer, providing critical feedback that influences our product roadmap. - Solve a Critical Problem: You will be at the forefront of helping financial institutions use AI to fight financial crime. ## COMPENSATION & BENEFITS - Competitive salary + equity + commission - Comprehensive healthcare, 401k matching, commuter benefits - 15 days PTO + holidays, unlimited sick days - Flexible leave options - Working late? We’ve got you covered with DoorDash and an Uber home Join us in building AI that protects the global financial system from financial crimes that fund terrorism, human trafficking, and other serious threats. ## About Bretton AI ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Bretton AI is an AI agent platform that automates financial crime compliance and back-office operations for regulated banks, replacing traditional BPOs with an audit-ready, AI-native workforce. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B – led by Sapphire Ventures, total funding $20.4M) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Will Lawrence ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Financial technology (FinTech), AI-powered compliance and risk management, RegTech - **Target customers**: B2B – OCC, FDIC, and Fed-regulated banks, global exchanges, payments platforms, and other financial institutions (Fortune 500) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Grow the bank. Not the back office.” – reimagining how money moves by creating an AI workforce that makes finance smarter, faster, and more secure. ## Products & Services - **Bretton AI Platform**: An AI-native operations platform that includes a Workbench (case workspace for humans and agents), a Builder (natural-language agent creation), and Trust Infrastructure (model validation, governance, auditability). Supports 30+ skill templates and 180+ data sources. - **Bretton Agents**: Pre-built and custom agents for AML, sanctions screening, KYC/EDD, fraud operations, document reviews, alert handling, customer reviews, due diligence, and case narratives. - **Bretton AI Managed Services**: Full-service transition to agentic infrastructure, including Forward Deployed Engineers who continuously improve agent performance. - **Integrations**: Native connectors for core banking systems, document management, and compliance workflows. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $20.4M (Series B, 2026) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sapphire Ventures (Series B lead), Greylock (Series A and Seed lead), Y Combinator (Summer 2023 batch, led by Tom Blomfield). Partnered with Kaufman Rossin for agentic compliance. - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew from ~34 (early 2025) to 92 employees (mid-2026) – a 170%+ increase. - LinkedIn followers: 7,612 (+5.7% monthly). - Trusted by OCC, FDIC, and Fed-regulated institutions; deployed in 12 markets. - Reported metrics: 84,000 hours saved, 87% reduction in compliance review time, 200,000+ customer reviews conducted, 70% reduction in EDD queue completion time. - Active job postings: 9 open roles across engineering, sales, and operations. ## Competitive Advantages - **Trust Infrastructure**: Proprietary system of model validation, continuous evaluations, and agent-as-a-judge QA that ensures every output is traced, cited, and regulator-aligned from day one. - **Bank-grade compliance**: SOC 2 Type II, GDPR compliant, zero-data retention, virtual private clouds for enterprise deployment. - **Defensibility**: Every decision logged with reasoning, evidence, and model version – production traces become eval sets, meeting OCC/FDIC/Fed expectations. - **Forward Deployed Engineering**: Dedicated engineers who learn from each case, making agents sharper over time and uncapping capacity from headcount. ## Strategic Focus - Replace traditional BPOs with AI-native operations across the financial back office. - Expand into new markets, products, and customer segments without adding operational load. - Deepen partnerships with regulated institutions and continue building out the agent ecosystem (templates, data sources, integrations). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values include “sense of urgency”, “drivers not passengers”, “truth over comfort”, “partnership”, and “know your customers” – a high-ownership, impact-driven environment. - **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: HQ in San Francisco, CA; roles listed in San Francisco and New York, NY. Likely in-office/hybrid based on job descriptions (no explicit remote policy stated). - **Notable Perks & Engineering Culture**: - Mission-critical work: directly shaping how regulated financial institutions use AI. - Backed by top-tier investors (Greylock, Sapphire, YC) with strong engineering pedigree. - Salary ranges for key roles (from YC listings): Forward Deployed Engineer $168K–$213K, Software Engineer (Product) $170K–$200K, Software Engineer (Infrastructure) $168K–$213K, Enterprise Account Executive $220K–$300K (OTE). - Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI and financial compliance at scale. ## Sources 1. [bretton.com](https://www.bretton.com/) 2. [bretton.com/careers](https://www.bretton.com/careers) 3. [ycombinator.com/companies/bretton-ai](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/bretton-ai) 4. [linkedin.com/company/bretton-ai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/bretton-ai) 5. 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