Senior Manager, Forward Deployed AI Engineer

Clearsulting is hiring a Senior Manager, Forward Deployed AI Engineer to build its AI Services for the Office of the CFO service line. The role designs and deploys secure agentic AI solutions for finance workflows, establishes reusable engineering standards, and partners with clients and consulting leaders to shape technical solutions and engagements.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end agentic AI applications, including orchestration, APIs, backend services, user interfaces, and retrieval pipelines that ground AI outputs in trusted financial data and source documents
• Build Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools and integrations connecting agents to ERP systems, finance SaaS applications, reporting platforms, and enterprise data sources, with role-based access controls and audit trails
• Build and operate secure, monitored cloud environments for AI applications, using infrastructure as code, CI/CD, and appropriate identity, secrets management, and observability controls
• Implement deterministic guardrails, human approval gates, structured validation, and evaluation frameworks to assess agent accuracy, reliability, and compliance with client control requirements
• Establish reusable reference architectures, coding standards, evaluation patterns, and technical accelerators that support consistent delivery and the development of Clearsulting-owned intellectual property
• Work directly with non technical (e.g. accountants, controllers) and technical clients (e.g. IT leads, build leads) to understand financial workflows and exceptions, then translate their requirements into practical AI driven solutions
• Explain technical architectures and trade-offs to finance executives and scope engagements alongside consulting leaders
• Partner with Business Advisory and other Office of the CFO practices and alliances to shape integrated client solutions, offerings, and future engineering capabilities

Requirements:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated full-stack capabilities using Python and TypeScript to build backend services and user-facing applications, plus working proficiency in SQL
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, and operating agentic AI systems in production, including retrieval, tool integration, evaluation, and monitoring
• Hands-on experience with Claude, the Claude Agent SDK, MCP, or comparable agent development technologies; experience using FastAPI or similar backend frameworks and React or Next.js for web applications
• Experience building and securing cloud environments, including identity and access management, networking, secrets management, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, and observability
• Experience in consulting, professional services, or client-facing engineering, with the ability to translate ambiguous business requirements into technical designs and explain tradeoffs to stakeholders
• Working knowledge of finance and accounting processes, including financial close, journal entries, reconciliations, and internal controls. You do not need to be an accountant
• Commitment to obtaining the Claude Certified Architect - Foundations credential within 60 days of joining
• Authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
• Claude Certified Architect credential already held
• Experience with enterprise finance platforms such as SAP S/4HANA or BlackLine, including SOX-controlled environments
• Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, or Databricks
• Experience developing reusable technical accelerators or software assets within a services business