Strategic Finance Engineer

Strategic Finance Engineer ABOUT RESCALE Rescale is pioneering the future of engineering and scientific discovery. As the leader in digital engineering, we’re transforming how products are developed—through intelligent automation, applied AI, data management, and the integration of the world’s largest network of engineering and R&D applications. Joining Rescale means becoming part of a diverse, collaborative, and mission-driven team that’s unlocking faster innovation across industries like aerospace, energy, life sciences, and manufacturing. We’re solving complex challenges that traditional HPC can’t—and we’re seeking passionate, curious minds to help build the next wave of breakthroughs We are seeking a highly motivated Strategic Finance Engineer to help build and deliver the next generation of capabilities at Rescale! ABOUT THE ROLE As a Strategic Finance Engineer at Rescale, you’ll be a foundational hire in our Strategic Finance team. You’ll own automated workflows built by the Director of Strategic Finance (who brings 8 years of coding experience in usage-based B2B SaaS), and then take them to the next level. You’ll manage pricing, forecasting, reporting, and GTM analytics, while also partnering directly with leadership to accelerate AI-enabled digital transformation across finance and operations. This is an ideal role for someone with 3+ years of experience who is highly technical, ambitious, and eager to learn. You’ll get direct mentorship, executive visibility, and the chance to apply your technical and financial skills to some of the most critical levers of Rescale’s growth. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Automation & AI: Extend existing automated workflows using Python + SQL and AI tools (Cursor, Claude Code, LangChain/LangGraph, etc.); assist in building scalable digital-first finance processes. - Pricing & Deal Desk: Support pricing strategy and provide analysis for customer deals, including ROI and gross margin impact. - Forecasting & Reporting: Maintain and enhance automated revenue and gross margin forecasts; support monthly, quarterly, and board-level reporting. - Sales Capacity & ROI Modeling: Help model GTM headcount and quota plans; evaluate ROI for GTM investments. - GTM Analytics: Partner with Sales, Product, and Operations to measure efficiency (CAC, payback, funnel conversion) and propose improvements. - Data Pipeline Ownership: Build and maintain reliable data ETL pipelines that feed financial models and dashboards, following Rescale's data engineering standards. - Cloud Procurement Optimization: Analyze cloud spend; model scenarios to improve gross margin; recommend procurement strategies. - Code Quality & Review: Participate in peer code reviews for all production-grade scripts and workflows; follow Rescale's established coding standards, version control practices, and pull request processes. - Strategic Partnership: Work directly with the Director of Strategic Finance on AI-enabled digital transformation initiatives to modernize how finance operates at Rescale. - Ad hoc Strategic Analysis: Tackle urgent projects from the CFO, executive team, or GTM leadership. QUALIFICATIONS: Must-Haves - Strong technical proficiency: Python, LangChain/LangGraph, and SQL. - Comfortable with high-precision, number-heavy work and data analysis, especially around billing, compute economics, and finance flows. - Curiosity and ability to quickly adopt AI tooling (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar). - Ability to develop working solutions interactively with AI tooling while maintaining code quality and readability standards. - Solid software engineering fundamentals: version control (Git), code review participation, writing clean/documented code, and basic testing practices. - 3+ years of experience in engineering, finance, analytics, consulting, or a related field. - Strong quantitative skills, with the ability to translate complex analysis into actionable insights. - Familiarity with cloud native environme ... (truncated, view full listing at source)