About this role
Source: Paraform - https://www.paraform.com/share/casca/cmqh1b733000e0cjmu6yvzyr6 · Company: www.cascading.ai
Location: On-site at Market and Montgomery, San Francisco, CA · Full-time · $160K - $265K based on experience ($160K-$190K for FDE, 0-3 yrs; up to $265K for senior, 3-5+ yrs) plus 75th percentile equity · Not open to any visas (US citizen, Green Card holders)
About Casca
Casca is building AGI for banking, replacing decades-old legacy systems with AI-native technology that automates 90% of the manual work in lending, built on responsible, compliant AI practices including human-in-the-loop monitoring. Founded 2023 by banking and machine learning experts from Stanford; backed by Peterson Ventures, Y Combinator, The Sarah Smith Fund and Clocktower Technology Ventures. 45 employees, $33M total funding, SF.
The role
A builder role working directly with customers: sit alongside bank operators, learn their workflows deeply, and build software that changes how they work. Not a consultant delivering last-mile work: what you learn in the field becomes part of the Casca platform. Hiring across levels: Forward Deployed Engineer (roughly 0-3 years) and Senior Forward Deployed Engineer / Tech Lead (roughly 3-5+ years, owning architecture and the most complex parts of a deployment). Roughly 70% building and shipping, 30% embedded with customers.
What you'll do
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Embed on-site with bank teams, working alongside underwriters, lenders and operators
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Turn your understanding into working software that automates and improves workflows; build on Casca's platform to extend it into new use cases
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Deploy AI-powered systems that replace manual processes and iterate quickly on real user feedback in production
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Help migrate customers from legacy systems to modern, scalable solutions
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Own the lifecycle end to end, from problem definition to deployment, and feed field learnings back into the platform and product direction
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Tech stack
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TypeScript, React, Next.js, PostgreSQL (Prisma), Python, AWS, Azure, AI/LLMs
Requirements
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TypeScript, React and Next.js (must-haves)
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Postgres with Prisma, Python and AWS expected to be learned or picked up quickly
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3-5 years of experience in full-stack / product / forward deployed engineering building 0 to 1 products (FDE level: roughly 0-3 years with demonstrated ability to ship real software)
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Obsessed with solving real customer problems; comfortable embedded with customers on-site
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US citizen or Green Card holder (no visa sponsorship)