Founding AI Engineer for On-Chain Automation

blockchaincapital.com; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Slate is building a vertical AI agent stack that links to on-chain workflows, backed by Blockchain Capital. We seek a high‑agency, clear communicator to design and build complex, maintainable systems quickly.

The product is unique and challenging, requiring balancing user prompts with multiple information channels and performance in crypto contexts. You will own end‑to‑end technical solutions, influence UX, and drive architectural choices while improving the execution engine to support more

Qualifications

• Crypto native for 2+ years with experience in trading, investing, DeFi, or CT.
• Experience building on-chain tools or smart contracts is preferred.
• Familiarity with ML concepts and NLP in applications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Scope and own technical solutions for user problems end-to-end
• Consider and implement UX solutions based on refined personal taste and direct user feedback
• Make and implement architectural decisions
• Develop and optimize Slate’s execution engine to integrate more protocols, solvers, and chains, better map user intents, increase reliability and increase speed
• Lead small teams to execute your solutions as necessary
• Review and test code developed by other team members

Skills

CS fundamentals

Smart contracts

Machine learning

On-chain coding

NLP experience

Education

Computer Science curriculum principles

Tools

Python

TypeScript

React

Job description

Slate is building a vertical AI agent stack that links to on-chain workflows, backed by Blockchain Capital. We seek a high‑agency, clear communicator to design and build complex, maintainable systems quickly.

The product is unique and challenging, requiring balancing user prompts with multiple information channels and performance in crypto contexts. You will own end‑to‑end technical solutions, influence UX, and drive architectural choices while improving the execution engine to support more