Founding Member of Technical Staff, Markets

About the Role

Join a small, early-stage team building AI systems for financial markets. In this founding-level software engineering role, you will work across the trading stack and take ideas from initial research through implementation and production, helping the team test new approaches to market prediction quickly.

What You'll Do

• Own projects from ideation through implementation, launch, and ongoing improvement.

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

• Develop automated execution systems and tools that help turn ideas into live experiments quickly.

• Partner with quantitative and AI researchers to explore new 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, or physics.

• Strong software engineering skills in Python or C++.

• Experience owning and shipping a software project end to end, from initial idea to production.

• Background 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 methods.

• Internship experience at a quantitative trading firm is relevant. Candidates should bring practical exposure and ownership beyond work limited to a single component.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

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