Job Description
About the Company
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We are 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.
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Role Overview
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As a Founding Engineer with a focus on Backend and Data, you will be the core architect of our financial engine. You will design, build, and scale the robust server-side systems that power our trading infrastructure and data processing pipelines, ensuring high availability, latency, and security for our AI-driven financial tools.
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What You’ll Do
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- Backend Architecture: Design and implement scalable backend services, APIs, and data infrastructure to support complex trading and investment workflows.
- Data Engineering: Build high-performance data pipelines for real-time financial market data.
- Infrastructure: Architect and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability.
- Engineering Excellence: Act as an "AI-native" engineer, leveraging AI coding agents to accelerate development while maintaining rigorous code quality standards.
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Ideal Candidate
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- Proficient in backend and data processing programming languages (Python, TypeScript, C++, or Rust).
- Strong experience architecting and managing cloud infrastructure and microservices.
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, database design, and high-concurrency environments.
- Bias for action, autonomy, and a track record of delivering "zero-to-one" products.
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Nice to Have
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- Experience training, evaluating, and deploying AI/ML models.
- Deep familiarity with trading systems and financial data architecture.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, or modern DevOps stacks.
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Location
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- Based in or open to relocating to San Francisco.
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