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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE)
Drivepoint
$140–175K / year · New York, US
Drivepoint builds an intelligent finance platform that scaling consumer brands use to model their path to profitability, combining AI-driven forecasting, data analytics and strategic finance tooling.
Drivepoint builds an intelligent finance platform that scaling consumer brands use to model their path to profitability, combining finance expertise with engineering precision to turn complex data into actionable insights. The company's work sits at the intersection of AI-driven forecasting models, machine learning, financial modelling and FP&A, data analytics and strategic finance tooling - disciplines that are applied not to abstract problems, but to the operating decisions of consumer brands across retail, e-commerce, food and beverage and consumer packaged goods. Named customers include Oats Overnight, Graza and True Classic.
The stated ambition is a demanding one: to power 25% of global retail GMV by 2030. Reaching it requires a particular kind of technical work, in which engineers and finance professionals collaborate daily and where individual contribution is measured by outcomes rather than output. Team members are expected to identify problems, propose solutions and drive impact from day one; the operating principle is that autonomy meets ownership, and that velocity - shipping quickly and learning continuously - compounds into collective impact.
The culture is explicit about its priorities: pragmatism over perfection, clarity and intention in how work is done, and the conviction that great companies are built through better decisions, not bigger spreadsheets. Collaboration with founders and customers on strategic finance is direct rather than intermediated, and work translates into real business outcomes rather than internal artefacts. For engineers who prefer substance to ceremony and who want their judgement to carry weight, this is a distinctive environment.