Founding Engineer for AI-native Investment Bank

Rowan; Chicago (IL); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 200.000; Jornada completa

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Equity

Descripción de la vacante

Rowan is hiring a Founding Engineer to take our platform from local to production and run the engineering team that keeps it shipping. You will own deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, uptime, and security, and lead engineering project management with a weekly release rhythm and clear timelines.

You will mentor current engineers and build the team as we grow, collaborating directly with the CEO and Co-Founder. Location is Chicago, IL, in person, with compensation ranging from $150,000 to $200,000 base

Formación

• Has founded or led engineering at a startup from pre-seed/seed to Series A/B.
• Demonstrates ability to scale a product from prototype to production and reliable customer shipping.

Responsabilidades

• Own deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, uptime and security for production platform.
• Lead engineering project management: sprint planning, release rhythm, timelines.
• Mentor and grow the engineering team as Rowan expands.

Conocimientos

Founding engineer experience

Startup leadership

Finance/Deal experience

Herramientas

CI/CD

Production systems

Descripción del empleo

Rowan is hiring a Founding Engineer: the person who takes our platform from local to production and runs the engineering team that keeps it shipping.

You've done this before. Either you've founded a company and built the product yourself, or you led engineering at a startup from pre-seed or seed through a Series A or B. You know what it takes to go from a few engineers and a working prototype to a reliable product that real customers depend on every day.

You'll partner directly with our CEO and Co-Founder. They set what we build and why. You own how and when it gets built, and you make sure it ships.

No M&A or investment banking experience is needed. You do need some comfort with finance and accounting, because you'll work every day alongside our FDDs, controllers, investment bankers and transaction advisors.

Who we are

What we’re looking for

Rowan is hiring a Founding Engineer: the person who takes our platform from local to production and runs the engineering team that keeps it shipping.

You've done this before. Either you've founded a company and built the product yourself, or you led engineering at a startup from pre-seed or seed through a Series A or B. You know what it takes to go from a few engineers and a working prototype to a reliable product that real customers depend on every day.

You'll partner directly with our CEO and Co-Founder. They set what we build and why. You own how and when it gets built, and you make sure it ships.

No M&A or investment banking experience is needed. You do need some comfort with finance and accounting, because you'll work every day alongside our FDDs, controllers, investment bankers and transaction advisors.

Who we are

Rowan is a seed stage venture backed startup, AI-native investment bank that helps founder-led industrial businesses in the lower middle market ($10-100M enterprise value) sell to strategic, family offices, and private equity buyers. Our platform takes in a company's messy financial and operational data, cleans and organizes it into a structured database, and powers the analysis our bankers use to run a deal. The goal is simple: increase the value of the businesses we represent, and sell them faster.

We're a small team of engineers, bankers, controllers and diligence specialists. Our CEO previously built and sold Machinio, the largest online machinery marketplace.

Location: Chicago, IL (River North), in person

Compensation: $150,000 to $200,000 base, plus equity

What you'll own

• Production. Take our platform from local development to a production system bankers and clients rely on. Own deployment, CI/CD, monitoring, uptime and security.
• Delivery. Run project management for engineering: sprint planning, a weekly release rhythm, clear priorities and honest timelines.
• The team. Lead and mentor our engineers today, then hire and build the team as we grow.
• Architecture. Make the calls on how we structure our data pipelines, AI systems and core platform so they hold up as deal volume grows.
• Product partnership. Work with the CEO and our bankers to turn what they need into a roadmap engineering can ship. Push back when something won't work, and propose what will.
• Hands on keyboard. This is a builder's role. Expect to write code and review it, especially in your first six months.