Founding / Senior Software Engineer

🚀 Founding / Senior Software Engineer (Applied AI) 📍 New York City (Hybrid) | Remote across the U.S.💡 Build AI that could automate the future of investingI’m working with an applied AI research lab building an AI-driven investor — essentially a “zero-person hedge fund” capable of decomposing financial questions, writing data-science code, and generating real investment insight.👥 Team & Culture✨ Small, elite team (~10 engineers) 🏙️ HQ in New York City 🌎 Hybrid with remote flexibility across the U.S. 🧠 High talent density and strong ownership culture ⚡ Fast-moving research-driven environmentYou’ll be working directly with founders who have built and scaled globally impactful companies.🧑 💻 The Role 🧑 💻We are seeking a Founding / Senior Software Engineer to help design and build core systems powering an AI-driven financial intelligence platform. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role working directly with the founders to improve the intelligence, reliability, and capabilities of the company’s applied AI systems.You’ll ship production code quickly, reason holistically about system improvements, and play a key role shaping the technical direction of an early-stage AI company. This is a high-agency builder role, not a narrow feature role.🛠 Responsibilities 🛠Own and deliver core system improvements from concept through architecture, implementation, and productionDesign and improve AI agent workflows including orchestration, evaluation loops, traceability, and output qualityBuild and maintain Python backend systems that support rapid experimentation and applied AI developmentIdentify high-leverage opportunities to improve system intelligence and platform capabilitiesCollaborate closely with founders to shape product direction and technical architectureShip production systems quickly while maintaining strong engineering judgment and reliabilityOperate effectively in an AI-native development environment while maintaining strong software engineering fundamentals🎯 What They’re Looking For✔ Strong Python backend engineering fundamentals ✔ Experience shipping production systems end-to-end ✔ 3–8+ years of software engineering experience typically performs best ✔ Ability to reason about systems holistically, not just individual features ✔ Comfortable working in a small, high-ownership startup environment📩 If this sounds interesting, Hit Apply!