Role: Founding / Lead Software Engineer, Backend & Data Platform
Type: Full-time, On-site
Location: New York City
Compensation: Competitive base salary + meaningful equity
Reports to: CTO / Co-founder or equivalent technical leader

What You’ll Do :

• Architect, build, and maintain scalable backend systems, APIs, and data infrastructure to support ingestion, transformation, and analytical workflows across multiple asset classes.

• Design data models, pipelines, and services to handle both structured and unstructured investment data.

• Collaborate directly with users, clients, or stakeholders to understand domain workflows, translate them into product requirements, and iterate on features.

• Shape and influence engineering culture, technical standards, roadmap, and hiring practices alongside founders and fellow engineers.

• Make system-level decisions (e.g. data partitioning, consistency, fault tolerance, scaling) and lead by example in writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.

• If relevant, incorporate or experiment with AI / LLM-based systems, agentic modules, or intelligent assistants as part of the product offering.

What We’re Looking For :

• Experience: 5+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent) working at high-growth startups or top technology firms.

• Technical skills: Proficiency in one or more backend languages (Python, Java, Go, or equivalent).

• Engineering fundamentals: Strong understanding of distributed systems, APIs, service-oriented design, data modeling, and performance optimization.

• Data & infra: Experience with cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure), caching (e.g. Redis), queueing or orchestration (e.g. Temporal, Kafka, etc.), and working with large-scale data pipelines.

• Scalability & robustness: Ability to design systems for high throughput, fault tolerance, and maintainability.

• Domain curiosity: Interest in finance, investing, private markets, or working with complex domain data is a plus.

• Product & client orientation: Ability to engage with clients or stakeholders, translate domain problems into technical solutions, and iterate rapidly.

• Soft skills: Excellent communication, collaboration, and a strong drive to build from first principles.

• Leadership potential: Capability to lead technical design decisions, mentor other engineers, and participate in hiring.

Education :
BS Degree in CS(From top CS programs)

Nice to Have (Optional / Bonus):

• Experience building or integrating with AI / LLM-based systems or agentic frameworks.

• Domain experience in fintech, alternative investments, or capital markets.

• Experience in early-stage / founding engineering roles where you’ve worn multiple hats.

• Familiarity with analytics, ML pipelines, graph data, or knowledge graphs.

Benefits & Perks (Sample / Flexible):

• Meaningful equity stake in the company

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience

• Health, dental, and other insurance (as per local norms)

• Flexible PTO, paid time off, remote/hybrid work options (if applicable)

• Professional development budgets, conference stipend

• A chance to shape the foundational architecture and culture of a fast-growing company