Founding Engineer

Precharm, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Precharm, LLC is seeking a founding engineer in New York City to develop the systems that underpin our algorithmic trading firm. This role involves significant ownership over projects, including redesigning existing systems and developing new features for trading infrastructure. Ideal candidates should have 1 to 5 years of experience and a solid understanding of building production-ready code. Strong interest in markets is valued; previous finance experience is not required. Join us to help shape a rapidly evolving field with high growth potential.

Qualifications

• 1–5 years of experience is preferred.
• Experience building and owning systems end to end.
• Ability to deploy and monitor backend solutions.

Responsibilities

• Build connectors to new exchanges and trading venues.
• Improve execution systems for higher performance.
• Enhance data pipelines for research and strategies.
• Create systems to identify new sources of edge.

Skills

Production-ready code

Backend or infrastructure systems

First principles thinking

Speed over perfection

Correctness and reliability

Interest in markets

Job description

About us

Precharm is an algorithmic trading firm that provides liquidity on prediction markets. In our first 8 months, we traded hundreds of millions of dollars in volume with consistent profitability. We’re based in NYC, founded in 2025, and still small enough that every hire materially shapes the firm.

The role

We’re hiring a founding engineer to build the systems the trading business runs on — exchange connectors, execution and risk systems, market data infrastructure, and the research tooling our strategies are built on.

You’ll have real ownership over the systems you build — helping redesign and rebuild major parts of our existing core systems and materially contribute to our P&L.

This is not a role for someone who wants to join an established desk where the market is mature, the playbook is known, and most of the work is incremental optimization. It’s for someone energized by ambiguity, excited to build in a nascent market, and motivated by the chance to help build a business from 0 to 1.

The line between engineering and trading is thin here — if you want to be deeply involved in strategy research and trading, you will have room to do that.

Why prediction markets are an interesting place to build

Prediction markets let people trade directly on the outcomes of sports, politics, economics, weather, AI, and just about anything else that shapes their lives. They are one of the fastest-growing corners of finance, but the ecosystem is still early. Liquidity is thin and discontinuous. Markets are still inefficient. The playbooks from equities and crypto do not port cleanly. That creates an unusual opportunity: a small team that moves with high velocity and good judgment can still outrun firms many times its size. The winners in this category have not been declared yet, and we intend to be one of them.

What you’ll likely work on early

• Build connectors to new exchanges and trading venues

• Improve our execution systems to support higher performance and more scalable strategy deployment

• Improve the data pipelines that power both research and live strategies

• Build systems that help us identify and capitalize on new sources of edge

You’ll fit if you

• Write strong production-ready code

• Have shipped backend or infrastructure systems end to end — architect, create, deploy, monitor, and iterate.

• Think from first principles

• Know when speed matters more than perfection

• Care about correctness and reliability

• Are interested in markets; no prior finance experience required

We’re open to candidates with 1–5 years of experience. What matters more is that you’ve built and owned real systems end to end.