Founding Engineer

AZ2; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AZ2 in New York City is seeking a founding engineer to architect and build the core AI infrastructure for private credit. You will work directly with the founder, engage with institutional customers, and own major architectural decisions from day one.

You will lead backend and AI/ML integration efforts, design scalable data pipelines, and help shape the engineering culture as the company grows. This is a high-ownership, early-stage role with meaningful equity and fast impact.

Qualifications

• Strong backend systems experience and cloud infrastructure knowledge.
• Experience with APIs, data pipelines, and modern AI architectures.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale MVP into an enterprise-grade platform.
• Build production-grade agentic workflows and automated credit analysis.
• Design robust APIs, data pipelines, and financial system integrations.
• Collaborate directly with investment professionals to translate financial workflows into software.
• Establish coding standards, testing, security, and deployment practices; help grow the engineering team.

Job description

New York City | Full-Time | Salary + Meaningful Equity

AZ2 | Hiring a Founding Engineer

New York City | Full-Time | Salary + Meaningful Equity

Building the AI Operating System for Private Credit

AZ2 is building AI-native infrastructure for institutional credit markets, automating financial analysis, underwriting, due diligence, and portfolio monitoring.

Private credit is a multi-trillion-dollar industry, yet much of its infrastructure still runs on spreadsheets, fragmented data, and manual workflows.

We believe the next generation of financial institutions will operate on fundamentally different software. We’re building that infrastructure.

The Opportunity

This is a high-ownership role with a direct path to technical leadership.

You’ll work alongside the founder, engage directly with institutional customers, and have significant autonomy over architecture, engineering execution, and technical strategy.

What you’ll own:

• Architecture & Infrastructure: Lead the evolution of our MVP into a secure, scalable, enterprise-grade platform.
• AI Engineering: Build production-grade agentic workflows, document intelligence, financial modeling, and automated credit analysis.
• Backend & Integrations: Design robust APIs, data pipelines, and integrations with financial systems.
• Product Development: Work directly with investment professionals to translate complex financial workflows into reliable software.
• Engineering Leadership: Establish standards for code quality, testing, security, and deployment, and help build the engineering team as we grow.

You’ll have the opportunity to make foundational technical decisions and see your work deployed in real institutional environments.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for an exceptional builder with strong technical judgment, high agency, and a genuine desire to build a company.

You might be a strong fit if you:

• Have built and shipped sophisticated software from zero to production.
• Have deep expertise in backend systems, cloud infrastructure, databases, APIs, and modern AI architectures.
• Understand how to build reliable production systems, not just impressive demos.
• Move quickly, take ownership, and make sound architectural trade-offs.
• Enjoy working directly with customers and translating ambiguous problems into elegant technical solutions.
• Think like a founder, with strong product intuition and commercial judgment.

Prior experience as a founder, founding engineer, or early technical leader is highly valued.

Experience with enterprise SaaS, financial infrastructure, LLM systems, or regulated environments is a plus.

We care more about what you’ve built and how you think than where you’ve worked or which university you attended.

Why AZ2?

1. Build in a massive, underserved market.

Private credit is growing rapidly, but its technology infrastructure has yet to catch up. The opportunity to modernize these workflows is substantial.

2. Direct access to institutional customers.

You’ll work with sophisticated financial institutions from day one, gaining firsthand exposure to complex, high-value problems and immediate feedback on what you build.

3. Meaningful ownership and influence.

This isn’t a role where you’ll inherit a roadmap and execute tickets. You’ll help define the product, architecture, engineering culture, and long-term technical direction.

We offer salary and meaningful equity aligned with the scope of the role and the value you bring.

4. An opportunity to build something enduring.

The MVP exists. The next challenge is turning it into a production-grade platform capable of serving institutional customers at scale.

5. A founder who brings domain expertise and customer access.

Our founding team brings experience across Blackstone, J.P. Morgan, and Oxford, alongside relationships throughout the institutional investment ecosystem.

You’ll be able to focus on building excellent technology with direct access to the people and institutions who need it.

The Details

Location: New York City, primarily in person

Commitment: Full-time

Compensation: Salary + meaningful equity

Stage: Angel-backed | MVP built | Enterprise commercialization

We’re looking for someone who wants to take real ownership, solve difficult technical problems, and help build the next generation of financial infrastructure.

If you’ve built exceptional software and want your next chapter to be about building a company, I’d love to hear from you.

AZ2 | AI Infrastructure for Private Credit