Staff Software Engineer

🌎 San Francisco (Hybrid)

💼 Founding / Staff Engineer

💵 $200-300k base

Our client is an AI-native research and product lab on a mission to redefine how global finance operates . Backed by a team that includes former Google DeepMind researchers and engineers , they are applying frontier AI to some of the most complex, high-stakes problems in finance.

This is a true founding engineer opportunity. You’ll help turn cutting-edge AI research into production systems used by real financial institutions , while shaping the technical foundation, standards, and culture from the ground up.

What you’ll do

• Build core product features end-to-end , spanning frontend, backend, and infrastructure using TypeScript, React, and Node.js.
• Productionize frontier ML research , working closely with researchers to ship robust, user-facing AI systems.
• Design and own critical services , architecting reliable, scalable infrastructure with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Set the engineering bar as a founding team member—establishing standards for code quality, testing, and development workflows.
• Prototype rapidly, ship decisively, and iterate continuously , collaborating closely with product managers, designers, and researchers.
• Make thoughtful architectural decisions, including rewriting systems when it meaningfully improves long-term quality and simplicity .

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