Full-Stack Software Engineer

New York City, NY On-site (5 days/week preferred) Full-time Compensation: $240,000–$270,000 + 0.5%–1% equity About The Company A Series A AI startup automating manual risk and compliance operations for fintechs and banks. Its reasoning engine ingests third-party contracts, internal policies, legal commitments, and external legislation to auto-surface and track risks, cutting partner diligence time by roughly 10x without added headcount. The company reached $1M–$2M ARR within two months of its Series A and runs with a small, elite, fast-shipping engineering team. Founded 2023 1–10 people Industry: Fintech / Compliance / AI The Role We're hiring full-stack engineers to expand two product lines (vendor risk management and marketing compliance, including a dedicated ML track). You'll ship across the stack, work directly with customers weekly, drive your own roadmap, and operate at near-founder level alongside the founding team — with a path to leading expansion into new product areas. What You'll Be Doing Build and ship full-stack features across Python, FastAPI, React, and Next.js Work directly with customers weekly, translating feedback into improvements that work for all clients Drive roadmap items based on your own customer interactions and product vision Build infrastructure and systems that are extensible and scalable, not just fast Contribute to architectural and technical decisions alongside the founding team Lead expansion into new product areas as the company grows Tech stack: Python, FastAPI, React, Next.js Requirements 4 to 7 years full-stack engineering experience, staff-level thinking Python and FastAPI backend proficiency React and Next.js frontend proficiency High agency, identifies and solves problems without being asked Customer-facing, can interface with clients weekly Cares about product quality and real user impact Green Flags Has worked at or would meet the bar for top-tier companies like Anthropic or Clay Startup experience, especially building products from zero to one and seeing them grow with real users Infrastructure or backend engineering background that demonstrates holistic systems thinking Degree from Caltech, MIT, UIUC, Waterloo, or equivalent top engineering program Founder mentality, has started something, led something, or talks about their work in terms of outcomes not just implementation Can articulate how what they built was actually being used, cares about adoption and user impact not just technical elegance Red Flags Entire career spent at big tech with no startup exposure, often comes with risk aversion and process expectations that do not fit a 7-person team Talks about their work purely in technical specifications with no connection to whether it was actually used or drove value Needs structured processes and handoffs to operate effectively Not willing to be customer-facing Not based in or willing to relocate to New York City, in-person culture is important to the team Why Join Near-founder ownership: drive your own roadmap from direct customer interactions, with a path to leading new product areas Elite, flat, fast-shipping team holding a very high engineering bar Strong early traction and meaningful equity for early hires Details Location New York City, NY Work policy On-site, 5 days/week preferred with some flexibility; relocation assistance case-by-case Compensation $240,000–$270,000 + 0.5%–1% equity Visa sponsorship None Employment type Full-time Show more Show less