# Software Engineer

**Company:** [Kepler](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/kepler)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Python, Node.js, Postgres, AWS, Rust, TypeScript, React, ETL, CI/CD, API Design
**Posted:** 2025-09-23

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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