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US Founding Engineer

Role overview

Qualifications

  • At least 3 years of hands-on backend software engineering experience
  • At least 1 year of experience in an early-stage company or small startup environment
  • A track record of writing clean, correct, maintainable code and taking strong ownership of quality
  • Interest in core banking systems and financial infrastructure

Responsibilities

  • Ship production code early while learning the codebase, product, and banking domain
  • Lead projects from initial concept through implementation and production as an individual contributor
  • Translate complex financial and banking problems into reliable software that can operate at scale
  • Work with engineering, product, and clients to evolve core banking systems

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Problem Solving
  • Collaboration

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Job description

About the Role

Join an early engineering team building US operations and core banking infrastructure for digital assets and financial technology. As a founding engineer, you will own important systems end to end and help shape a programmable banking platform designed to move money reliably at scale.

What You'll Do

  • Ship production code early while learning the codebase, product, and banking domain.

  • Lead projects from initial concept through implementation and production as an individual contributor.

  • Translate complex financial and banking problems into reliable software that can operate at scale.

  • Make decisions about system design, data modeling, and architectural tradeoffs.

  • Work with engineering, product, and clients to evolve core banking systems.

  • Build simple, automated solutions that reduce operational effort and are easy to maintain.

What We're Looking For

  • At least 3 years of hands-on backend software engineering experience.

  • At least 1 year of experience in an early-stage company or small startup environment.

  • A track record of writing clean, correct, maintainable code and taking strong ownership of quality.

  • Ability to ship, iterate, and make progress in new problem areas without waiting for a detailed playbook.

  • Interest in core banking systems and financial infrastructure.

  • Willingness to work from New York or relocate.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual base salary of $200,000 to $400,000, plus equity. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan, relocation support, and visa support.

Location

On-site in New York, New York. Relocation support is available.

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