Founding Engineer
$150,000–$230,000 year
On-site · San Francisco, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$150,000–$230,000 yearMid LevelNot SpecifiedUnknown
Type
Full Time
Level
Mid Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Unknown
Job Summary
Seeking a Founding Engineer with strong backend skills to design and scale real-time AI and compliance systems in fintech. Requires 5+ years in backend engineering, expertise in Python, and experience with low-latency distributed systems.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Expertise in Python or similar high-performance backend languages
- Deep knowledge of AsyncIO, FastAPI/Django, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis Streams, Postgres, and Kubernetes
- Experience building distributed systems
- Optimizing for low-latency environments
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with AI/LLM systems
- Applied machine learning experience
- Previous startup/founder experience
Additional Requirements
- Expect long but rewarding hours
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