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Infrastructure EngineerLocation: New York City (NYC)
Company Stage of Funding: Recently Raised $50M
Office Type: Onsite in NYC
Salary: $200,000 - $250,000 + Equity (0.1% - 0.5%)
Company Description Our client is pioneering the development of AI agents for financial services, creating an unexplored frontier in how humans interact with and control artificial intelligence. They're building the modern intelligence layer for financial firms, with a focus on creating innovative dashboard solutions for managing AI agents. Having recently secured $5M in funding, they're positioned at the cutting edge of fintech and AI, with financial institutions actively seeking their solutions.
What You Will Do As an Infrastructure Engineer, you'll be the backbone of reliability and security for AI systems that financial institutions depend on. You'll focus on:
- Designing and implementing secure deployment pipelines for high-security, regulated environments
- Developing scalable solutions for self-hosted services within large financial institutions
- Building infrastructure that meets the stringent reliability and security demands of investment firms
- Working with serverless infrastructure and cloud platforms to support cutting-edge AI applications
- Contributing to a growing team that's solving novel problems in an emerging field
Ideal Candidate Background - 2+ years of engineering experience, with a focus on infrastructure at high-growth startups
- Experience working with serverless infrastructure and cloud platforms
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and Python
- Background in secure deployment pipelines within regulated or high-security environments
- Previous experience at innovative startups that demonstrate strong technical capabilities
Preferred Qualifications - Experience as a technical founder or backend engineer at fast-moving startups
- Active GitHub contributions showing your engineering approach
- Experience with AWS cloud services
- Background in scaling infrastructure for enterprise clients
- Familiarity with financial services security requirements
Compensation and Benefits - Competitive salary range: $200,000 - $250,000 (flexible based on experience)
- Generous equity package: 0.1% - 0.5%
- Opportunity to work on breakthrough technology in AI and finance
- Visa sponsorship available
- Join a team of 3+ new hires in this critical function
Why This Opportunity is Unique You'll be working on something truly unexplored-no one has yet figured out the right UI paradigm for humans to control AI agents in financial services. You'll be building for a market that's both lucrative and actively seeking innovative AI solutions, with financial firms already reaching out to acquire this technology. This is a chance to define an entirely new category at the intersection of AI and finance.