Software Engineer
Architect and build core backend systems for an AI research platform in finance. Own infrastructure, data pipelines, and AI integrations while driving technical direction and mentoring engineers.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Architect and build backend systems that orchestrate AI workflows, manage data pipelines, and integrate with enterprise financial tools
- Ingest and normalize data from scattered sources including public filings, earnings transcripts, market data feeds, and research reports
- Architect robust pipelines that transform fragmented data into a unified platform
- Integrate language models and AI capabilities to power intelligent research workflows
- Drive architectural decisions, evaluate trade-offs, and establish patterns that scale across the platform
- Own systems end-to-end from architecture to production, including services, database optimization, deployment, monitoring, and reliability
- Optimize performance including database queries, API response times, and pipeline throughput
- Ship with production excellence including comprehensive testing, monitoring, and deployment pipelines
- Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, architectural guidance, and technical mentorship
Requirements
- 3-5+ years of software engineering experience shipping production applications at scale
- Strong backend experience with Python or Node.js, API design, PostgreSQL, and AWS
- Proven track record designing and scaling distributed systems
- Experience with large datasets, ETL pipelines, and analytics infrastructure
- Experience driving architectural decisions and mentoring engineers
- Proficiency with Git workflows, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability
- Strong communication skills to articulate technical trade-offs to engineering and business stakeholders
- Product mindset with focus on user needs and iterating on feedback
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments with high ownership
Nice-to-Haves
- Financial services experience
- Experience with Rust for agent orchestration and data pipelines
- Experience with TypeScript and React for frontend interfaces
Benefits
- 100% covered top-of-the-line medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and families
- HSA maxed by the company to the IRS limit
- Automatic coverage for life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- Daily lunch in office
- Unlimited PTO policy
- Development environment budget including latest MacBook Pro, multiple monitors, ergonomic setup, and development tools
- "Build anything" budget for tools, libraries, datasets, or infrastructure
- Learning budget for conferences, courses, or programs
Skills
Python, Node.js, Postgres, AWS, Rust, TypeScript, React, ETL, CI/CD, API Design
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