Founding Member of Technical Staff, Markets

About the Role

Join a small, high-performance team building AI systems for financial markets. In this founding-level role, you will turn ideas into production software and contribute across trading systems, research infrastructure, and market prediction.

What You'll Do

• Take projects from ideation through implementation and production across the trading stack.

• 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, security, and machine learning 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++, including ownership of a project from initial idea through 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 work effectively in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.

Compensation & Benefits

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

Location

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