Founding AI Engineer, Investment Tech & Full-Stack

Generative; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (1–4%)

Competitive salary

On-site in Manhattan

Job summary

Generative in Manhattan, NY is seeking a Founding Engineer to partner with the CTO, build flagship AI-powered features, and lead customer deployments. The role blends agent engineering with full-stack product development for investors.

You will own end-to-end features across frontend, backend and infrastructure, and collaborate closely with paying hedge fund customers. This is a high-ownership, high-impact early-stage opportunity with substantial equity.

Qualifications

• At least two years of full-time software engineering experience.
• Experience building AI-powered products with strong full-stack capabilities.
• High ownership mindset and ability to drive ambiguous problems to a working solution.
• Clear communication and confidence when engaging with customers.
• Good product judgement with focus on usability and speed.

Responsibilities

• Build AI agents and workflows used by investment professionals.
• Own features across frontend, backend and infrastructure, from requirements to production.
• Lead customer deployments and translate feedback into product improvements.
• Develop model evaluations, routing and integrations with financial data sources.
• Build reliable document-processing pipelines and internal tooling.
• Make practical product and UX decisions for demanding, nontechnical users.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

AI-powered products

Ownership

Customer communication

Product usability

Investing interest

Job description

Generative in Manhattan, NY is seeking a Founding Engineer to partner with the CTO, build flagship AI-powered features, and lead customer deployments. The role blends agent engineering with full-stack product development for investors.

You will own end-to-end features across frontend, backend and infrastructure, and collaborate closely with paying hedge fund customers. This is a high-ownership, high-impact early-stage opportunity with substantial equity.