Founding Engineer

Overview

On Site
$200,000 - $275,000
Full Time
Unable to Provide Sponsorship

Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Software Development
Full Stack Engineer

Job Details

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm that assists our clients to hire the best talent.

About Client

A dynamic, AI-driven platform is being built to revolutionize the wealth management industry, which still relies heavily on manual processes that fail to deliver the outcomes clients deserve. This innovative company is assembling a world-class founding team, drawing talent from top fintech and AI companies, with the goal of transforming the financial advisory space. Backed by exceptional investors and advisors with deep industry expertise, the company is poised for rapid growth. With a small, agile team based in San Francisco, the focus is on leveraging cutting-edge technology to make financial advisors significantly more effective and enhance client outcomes.

Role - Founding Engineer
Location - San Francisco, California, United States (4-5 Days in-person/week)
Compensation - $200k - $275k + Competitive Equity
Benefits - Competitive salary and equity package, 401K access, health, dental, and vision coverage, plus paid lunch and dinner every day.
YOE - 5+ years of experience as a full-stack engineer (staff/senior level) at a Tier 1 VC-backed start-up

About the role

  • Building an AI-native platform to make financial advisors significantly more effective.
  • Wealth management industry still relies on manual processes, which fail to deliver optimal outcomes for clients.
  • Assembling a world-class founding team from top fintech and AI companies to transform the industry.
  • Backed by exceptional investors and advisors with deep industry knowledge.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical architecture from customer integrations to AI-powered workflows.
  • Lead direct customer conversations and make product decisions that shape what we build.
  • Develop and manage machine learning systems that process financial data and automate complex workflows.
  • Foster the engineering culture and establish technical practices for our founding team.

Requirements

  • 5+ years as a full-stack engineer (staff/senior level) at a Tier 1 VC-backed start-up.
  • Customer-facing web-based products experience at a high engineering bar start-up.
  • Preferred experience in Fintech, vertical B2B SaaS, or regulated industries (e.g., healthcare).
  • CS degree from a top 25 university.
  • Proficiency across the stack with modern frameworks and strong AI knowledge.
  • Ability to think beyond execution, focusing on system design, architecture, and strategy.
  • Thrives in early-stage start-ups with a flat team.
  • High intrinsic motivation, strong ambition, and product sense.
  • Strong communication skills to interface with customers.
  • Mentorship capabilities and collaborative mindset.

Why candidate should join

  • Help democratize sophisticated wealth management so millions of average Americans can build wealth.
  • Define and lead the true early-stage journey from pre-product to full-scale growth.
  • Founder drove a successful exit to Perplexity and is reinvesting that capital here.
  • Raised Seed round from Tier 1 VCs.
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

About Crossing Hurdles