AI Enablement Engineer at Valon in New York, NY

Summary: Valon is a Series C company focused on transforming regulated finance through innovative technology. The AI Enablement Engineer will build internal tools and AI-powered systems to ensure successful client deployments, operating at the intersection of product, engineering, and client delivery. Responsibilities: - Build deployment tooling end-to-end — Design, build, and ship internal applications that help Valon manage complex client deployments. You'll own the full stack from data layer to UI - Ship AI-powered features — Build AI agent workflows, copilot experiences, and automation tools that make deployment teams more effective. Think: intelligent inbox scanning, cross-reference extraction, AI-assisted planning - Move fast with AI-assisted development — Use coding agents (Claude Code, Codex) as pair programmers to maintain high velocity. We expect you to ship meaningful features daily, not weekly - Work across the stack — Next.js, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, API integrations. You don't need to know all of these coming in, but you need to learn fast and build confidently across layers - Operate with high autonomy — You'll have broad ownership over what you build and how. No one will hand you detailed specs — you'll identify problems, design solutions, and ship them Required Qualifications: - 1–5 years of engineering experience, with demonstrated ability to ship complete products (not just features within a larger codebase) - Full-stack web development chops — strong in React/TypeScript; comfortable building APIs, managing data layers, and crafting polished UIs - AI-fluent — you actively use coding agents in your development workflow and have built AI-powered features (agent workflows, RAG systems, copilot UX, or similar) - Extremely high velocity — you're the person who builds a working prototype while others are still writing the design doc - Comfortable with ambiguity — you thrive when given a problem, not a solution, and can turn vague requirements into shipped software - Strong product instincts — you build things people actually want to use, with attention to UX details like drag-and-drop, inline editing, and responsive layouts Preferred Qualifications: - Experience at early-stage startups or as a technical founder - Forward-deployed engineering background (Palantir, Anduril, Scale AI, or similar) - Familiarity with project management / deployment tracking domains - Experience building on Airtable, Notion, or similar low-code backends - Contributions to AI tooling or developer tools Required Skills: Full-stack web development, React, TypeScript, API development, UI design, AI-powered feature development, AI agent workflows, RAG systems, Copilot UX, Coding agents Claude Code, Coding agents Codex, High velocity, Comfortable with ambiguity, product instincts Benefits: Competitive salary + equity (Series C stage), Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, Commuter benefits, Flexible PTO, 12 weeks paid parental leave, Quarterly team events