AI Workflow Architect — Greenfield Platform Builder

Alpaca VC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Architectural ownership

Direct exposure to deal flow

Leadership-aligned with tech trades

Greenfield systems

Platform deployment across portfolio

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Alpaca VC is building the technical infrastructure for a new kind of venture capital firm where AI systems dramatically enhance performance. You will architect end-to-end production systems and own the technical roadmap, with autonomy to shape platform decisions.

You'll work closely with a Principal and General Partner who value engineering excellence, deploying infrastructure across units, creating SOPs, and scaling beyond the fund in an AI-first economy.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of software engineering or technical product experience with production systems.
• Strong Python or OO programming skills with production services.
• APIs, webhooks, and integration architecture including auth flows, rate limits, and failure modes.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic) and prompt engineering for production use cases.
• Familiarity with workflow orchestration.
• Experience designing data models and working with CRMs and data models.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end production systems and own the architectural decisions.
• Deploy infrastructure across business units and create technical SOPs.
• Collaborate with leadership to shape the technical platform for scale.
• Ship production systems that directly impact fund performance.

Skills

Python

API design

LLM integration

Workflow orchestration

Data modeling

Job description

Alpaca VC is building the technical infrastructure for a new kind of venture capital firm where AI systems dramatically enhance performance. You will architect end-to-end production systems and own the technical roadmap, with autonomy to shape platform decisions.

You'll work closely with a Principal and General Partner who value engineering excellence, deploying infrastructure across units, creating SOPs, and scaling beyond the fund in an AI-first economy.