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Transparent Search Group

Founding Engineer

Posted 1 weeks ago
New York, New York, United States$175K–$250KFintech

About the role

Company: Confidential - Series A AI-native lender
Location: New York, NY (in person)
Compensation: $175,000 - $250,000 + meaningful equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: No visa sponsorship

About the Company

A Series A, AI-native lender that built its own loan management, payments and transaction-analysis software and originated over $100 million in funding to consumer brands in its first year.

The Role

Our client is hiring a Founding Engineer (0-5 years) who can act as a self-motivated tech lead and ramp fast on its AI finance agent and lending platform.

What You Will Do

  • Build the AI finance agent across deductions, email workflows and financial operations.
  • Extend the in-house lending, payments and financial-analysis systems.
  • Work AI-natively with coding agents every day.
  • Own projects with little hand-holding as an early technical leader.

What You Bring

  • 0-5 years of engineering (hard cap at 5)
  • An excellence signal: notable startup, big tech or top university CS
  • Strong Python backend fundamentals
  • Daily use of AI coding tools

Nice to Have

  • Quant or HFT engineering background
  • Active GitHub, side projects or hackathon wins

Benefits

Meaningful equity.

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