Founding Member of Technical Staff, Markets

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a small, high-performance team building AI-powered systems for financial markets. In this founding-level role, you will take ideas from initial research through production and help build the infrastructure and tools that make market experiments possible.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own projects end to end, from ideation and implementation through production deployment.
• Build and extend data pipelines, trading signals, and research infrastructure.
• Develop automated execution systems and tools that help the team move quickly from ideas to live experiments.
• Work with quantitative and AI researchers on approaches to market prediction.
• Contribute across trading infrastructure, machine learning, and security as team needs evolve.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• One to five years of full-time experience as a software engineer or quantitative developer.
• A degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, or a related field.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python or C++.
• Demonstrated ownership of a project built and shipped from idea to production, including responsibility for its real-world application.
• Background in areas such as quantitative development, trading systems, data infrastructure, systematic research, high-frequency trading, crypto, or fintech.
• Strong statistical intuition and comfort working with noisy real-world data.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools and the ability to work effectively in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
• Experience beyond narrowly scoped, single-component engineering work.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary range: $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

LOCATION

On-site in Palo Alto, California.