Founding Engineer
Core
Building resilient, high-performance backend servers and APIs for a natural language research platform serving professional traders.
Role type
Founding backend engineer (infrastructure & architecture)
Builds
Scalable backend infrastructure, APIs, and data pipelines for trading strategy automation
Domain
Fintech / Trading / Natural Language Processing
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, C++, or Rust, cloud infrastructure, database design (SQL/NoSQL), system architecture, caching strategies, algorithmic problem solving
Preferred skills
Startup experience, technical leadership, talent acquisition, customer engagement
Responsibilities
Design and optimize backend systems for large tick-by-tick datasets, define engineering best practices, collaborate with product and frontend teams, drive technical decisions with minimal oversight
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities