Founding Engineer for AI-Powered Private Credit Platform

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

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.