Founding Engineer (New York)

Founding Engineer

Remote / Full-time

About Pluto

Pluto builds cutting-edge, developer-friendly tools for embedding web-using agents into applications. We leverage advanced AI / ML, for efficient structured data processing and automation as well as advanced cryptography for secure, encrypted credential management. Our mission is to commoditize secure data access to walled garden ecosystems, empowering a new generation of app builders to remix the web.

We are a small team of builders. Our team has previously worked at Uber, Stripe, Lockheed Martin, and YC-funded startups.

The Role

We are hiring a Founding Engineer with a strong background in infrastructure and dev tooling to help lay the foundation for Pluto's systems and products. You'll work across our stack, owning critical infrastructure and helping us scale securely and reliably from day one.

This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role ideal for someone who thrives in early-stage environments. You'll be deeply involved in shaping Pluto's engineering culture, roadmap, and technical architecture from the ground up. If you're excited about cutting through complexity, building tools for developers, and working in the fast-moving world of crypto and zero-knowledge tech we want to talk.

What You'll Be Doing

Designing and implementing scalable infrastructure on GCP (and other cloud platforms as needed)

Building internal tooling to accelerate developer productivity

Owning CI / CD pipelines, observability, and deployment workflows

Writing production code in Go and Rust

Collaborating across the engineering team to support systems written in multiple languages

Helping shape product direction from a technical lens

What We Look For

4+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on infrastructure or platform engineering

Deep experience with GCP and cloud-native tooling

Proficiency in Go and / or Rust

Strong grasp of DevOps principles : CI / CD, monitoring, security best practices

A high degree of ownership you're comfortable wearing multiple hats and taking projects from idea to production

Excitement for LLMs, browser and computer automation, cryptography, distributed systems, or low-level performance work

Nice to Have

Experience with browser and computer automation (chrome developer protocol, fingerprinting, anti-bot, accessibility features)

Experience with ML and context engineering for LLMs (embedding, reranking, statistical approaches to data retrieval)

Experience with advanced cryptography and trusted hardware (TEEs, zero knowledge proofs, multi-party computation)

Familiarity with open-source developer tools or SDKs

Prior experience in an early-stage startup environment

Benefits

Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions

Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period

Disability and Life Insurance

Internet and Gym Membership Reimbursement

Remote-First Stipend (Your choice of technical setup and equipment)

Conference Travel Stipend

Quarterly team offsites

Open Vacation Policy

How to Apply

If you're excited about building the future of secure web automation, Please send your portfolio and resume to eng@pluto.xyz.