Forward Deployed Software Engineer

About Veritus

AI agents for the consumer lending industry

The role

### **About Veritus**Veritus Agent is building the first fully AI-native voice agent platform for consumer lending and collections. We’re a YC-backed team with leadership from Best Egg, PayPal, Divvy, and Lending Club—on a mission to modernize legacy call centers with real-time AI agents that drive higher conversions, lower costs, and better borrower outcomes.\\**The Opportunity**We’re hiring a **Forward Deployed Engineer** to help scale our AI voice agents as we move from product-market fit into rapid growth. This is a hands-on, client-facing engineering role responsible for translating real-world requirements into production AI agents.\\You’ll work closely with customers, sales, and engineering to:* Translate customer-specific requirements and compliance constraints into robust, testable logic* Write tools and backend integrations that allow agents to interface with external systems (APIs, CRMs, payment platforms, etc.)* Tune latency, responsiveness, and voice quality using platforms like OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and Deepgram* Design A/B tests to optimize business outcomes and regulatory adherence### **You’ll thrive in this role if you:*** A proven track record of building software in TypeScript or Python* Experience building and consuming APIs* Have experience working with AI systems, orchestration frameworks, or LLM evaluation tools* Excited by in the unique challenges of building low-latency, interruptible real-time voice systems* Are motivated by delivering measurable impact in regulated, high-trust domains like finance or healthcare* Enjoy operating close to the customer and iterating quickly based on live data and feedback* Want to be part of a high-ownership, execution-focused team solving meaningful problems### **Nice to Have*** Familiarity with voice design, turn-taking, and dialog systems* Experience in financial services, healthcare, or other compliance-heavy environments* Fluency in Spanish