Based in St. LouisFDEs for business
Forward-deployed engineers in St. Louis
A forward-deployed engineer (FDE) works on site, builds inside your own systems, and stays to run what was built after launch. A consultant advises and leaves. lumic’s FDEs are based in St. Louis, have finance backgrounds, and build AI into one back-office job at a time.
FDE or consultant
A consultant advises. An FDE builds, and stays.
For a business that wants back-office work done by AI, the difference is who is left holding the work after launch. With lumic, it is lumic.
On site.
lumic’s FDEs work beside your team at your place of business, where the work happens. They map your systems, your data, and the manual steps that take the most time.
Inside your own systems.
Each agent works on its own dedicated computer, under its own login, inside the systems you already run, whether that’s an ERP, accounting software, email, spreadsheets or cloud apps. No new product to learn.
Stays after launch.
Once an agent is live, lumic runs it for a monthly fee. The team watches it, tests it every month, fixes what breaks, and upgrades it as AI improves.
Finance people who code.
Most FDE teams are engineers who learn finance on the job. lumic’s team has done these back-office jobs by hand, then built the agents that do them.
Two ways to bring in AI, side by side.
| A consultant | An FDE from lumic |
|---|---|
| Advises from outside | Works on site, beside your team |
| Recommends a tool to buy | Builds inside your own systems |
| Hands over a plan | Hands over a working agent |
| Leaves after the project | Stays to run it after launch |
How lumic’s FDEs work
lumic starts where the work happens. Live in weeks, not quarters.
On-site diagnostic.
lumic’s FDEs work beside your team where the work happens. They map your systems, your data, and the manual steps that take the most time.
Build the agent.
The team builds an agent for one job, connects it to your systems, and sets up the approval step. Your team tests it on real work before it goes live.
Managed and kept working.
lumic watches it, tests it, fixes it, and upgrades it, for a monthly fee. You run the business.
The jobs lumic’s FDEs automate: Services. AI consulting and automation in the region: St. Louis AI consulting. The practices on every agent: Guardrails. Starting prices: Pricing. The method in full: How lumic works.
Questions
Forward-deployed engineers, in plain answers.
What is a forward-deployed engineer?
An engineer who works on site with a business, builds inside its own systems, and stays to run what was built. lumic's FDEs have finance backgrounds and build AI into one back-office job at a time.
How is an FDE different from a consultant?
A consultant advises and leaves. An FDE builds the work inside your own systems and stays to run it after launch.
Where are lumic's FDEs based?
In St. Louis. They come on site across Greater St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois, and travel for the right fit.
What do lumic's FDEs build?
AI agents for back-office jobs: vendor bills, cash receipts and collections, payroll journal entries, month-end close entries, and live dashboards. A person on your team approves every entry before it posts. The jobs in full: Services.
How does an engagement start?
With a free consultation: a 20-minute call. Then a written proposal with what lumic would build, the timeline and the cost, and an on-site visit.
Based in St. Louis. Start with a conversation.
Every engagement is led by a senior FDE, on site.
- 1A 20‑minute call.You walk the team through the work your people do by hand.
- 2A written proposal.What lumic would build, the timeline, and the cost.
- 3An on-site visit.lumic’s FDEs meet your team where the work happens and confirm the plan. St. Louis first; they travel for the right fit.