Forward Deployed Finance Engineering Intern

About The Job

Digital Alpha Platforms builds AI-powered solutions for capital markets, private equity, and now small and medium-sized businesses. We're bringing an entirely new category to life, and we need people who can bring it to life on the ground, one customer at a time. We're looking for a Forward Deployed Finance Engineer Intern to be the person who actually makes that happen.

What You'll Do

• Work directly with newly signed small business customers to get them fully set up on our platform.
• Configure things around each business's specific setup: their accounts, their workflows, their existing tools.
• Train the business owner (and their team, if they have one) on how to actually use what we've built, day-to-day.
• Get each customer fully up and running in about half a day.
• You're embedded just long enough to make it stick, then you move to the next one.
• Troubleshoot issues that come up during setup and in the first few weeks after go-live.
• Feed what you learn back to the team; every engagement should make the next one faster and smoother.
• Help build reusable playbooks and checklists so onboarding keeps getting better as we take this to more customers.

What We're Looking For

• Education: Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in computer science, finance, accounting, business, or a related field is a plus.
• Skills & Qualities: Hands-on comfort with AI tools like Claude or ChatGPT; you don't need to be a developer, but you should be genuinely curious about how AI gets used in real workflows. Some interest in or exposure to how small businesses manage their day-to-day finance operations. Strong communicator able to explain a new tool clearly and patiently to a business owner who isn't technical. Self-driven and adaptable; every small business is a little different, and you'll need to problem-solve on the fly. Comfortable working independently with minimal day-to-day supervision. Good to Have: Any prior hands-on project involving AI tools, automation, or scripting. Coursework or experience in bookkeeping, accounting, or financial operations.

What You'll Gain

• Real, hands-on experience deploying AI in production for actual paying customers not a classroom exercise.
• Direct mentorship from the team building Digital Alpha's AI finance products.
• A front-row seat to how an AI-native company designs, builds, and delivers product in the real world.
• A fast path to a full-time role if you show results; this is a performance-based track.
• Foundational experience in a discipline that's becoming one of the most in-demand skill sets in finance and technology alike.