Role overview
**About the Company**
We're an early-stage
**Fintech + AI startup**
backed by seasoned investors from the financial and technology sectors. Our mission is to reinvent how users interact with modern financial tools by combining
**AI-driven intelligence**
with
**high-performance trading and investment infrastructure**
.
We're assembling our
**founding engineering team**
— a small, world-class group of builders ready to shape the company’s technology, product, and culture from day one.
**Role Overview**
As a
**Founding Engineer**
, you'll be responsible for designing and building the backbone of our platform — from data pipelines and trading infrastructure to AI-powered analytics and user interfaces. This role is ideal for someone who loves autonomy, technical depth, and fast iteration.
**What You' ll Do**
* Architect and develop scalable backend systems in
**Python, Go, Node or Rust**
.
* Build and manage cloud infrastructure on
**AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, etc.)**
for speed, reliability, and scalability.
* Design APIs and data services that power real-time financial insights and trading systems.
* Collaborate with product and design to build high-impact user experiences.
* Prototype and deploy
**AI/ML models**
in production environments.
* Define engineering best practices and help grow the early tech team.
**Ideal Candidate**
* Strong academic background or proven hands-on experience — whether from a top school, or from building real things that matter.
* Prior experience at
**fintech, trading, or AI companies**
such as
**J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citadel, Robinhood, TradingView, Webull, Futu**
, or similar.
* Strong technical foundation in
**distributed systems, data engineering, or backend architecture**
.
* Hands-on experience with
**AWS cloud infrastructure**
.
* Comfortable in fast-paced startup environments; bias for action and ownership.
**Nice to Have**
* Familiarity with
**Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform**
, or modern DevOps stacks.
* Experience deploying
**AI/ML or quantitative trading systems**
.
* Previous leadership or mentorship experience.
* Interest in
**financial innovation, crypto, or DeFi**
(optional).
**Location**
* Based in or open to relocating to the
**Bay Area / San Francisco**
.
* Hybrid or flexible work arrangements are possible.
**Compensation Package**
* Base salary (depending on experience and seniority)
* Equity: 0.25 – 1.0 %
* Bonus: up to 10–20 % of base (cash and equity)
* 401k
* Medical Insurance
\*This is a hybrid working arrangement, however candidates do have to be based out of San Francisco.\*