Founding Member of Technical Staff, Markets

About the Role

Join a founding-stage team building AI systems for financial markets. In this hands-on role, you will work across trading infrastructure, data, and research, taking ideas from initial exploration through production.

What You'll Do

• Own projects end to end, from ideation and implementation through deployment.

• Build and extend data pipelines, trading signals, and research infrastructure.

• Develop automated execution systems and tools that help the team launch live experiments quickly.

• Partner with quantitative and AI researchers to develop approaches to market prediction.

• Contribute across trading infrastructure, machine learning, and security as team priorities 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, or physics.

• Strong software engineering skills in Python or C++ and experience shipping a project from concept to production.

• Experience in 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-driven development tools and the ability to take ownership in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.

• Quantitative trading internship experience is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation is $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in Palo Alto, California, six days per week.