Staff Engineer - Core Markets
Core
Lead technical vision and architecture for 9fin's Core Markets engineering organization, defining system design for a platform powering global debt markets.
Role type
Staff Engineer (IC track, hands-on leadership)
Builds
Scalable backend systems, APIs, shared platform capabilities, and AI-powered search/RAG features for global debt market data.
Domain
Fintech / Global Debt Markets / AI & Retrieval
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Large-scale backend systems design, distributed architectures, cloud infrastructure (AWS), Kubernetes, API design, Python or modern backend languages, AI-powered systems, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases
Preferred skills
Founding engineer or CTO experience, legacy system modernization
Technologies
AWS, Kubernetes, Python, RAG, vector databases
Responsibilities
Define technical strategy and architecture across Platform, AI, Retrieval, and shared services; Design scalable backend systems and APIs; Guide architecture across teams to reduce complexity; Partner with AI teams to build scalable search and RAG capabilities; Lead complex cross-team technical initiatives from design to production; Contribute hands-on to critical code paths and set engineering standards.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope
