Founding Engineer, Meridian

AngelList Venture; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Benefits package

Equity options

Job summary

AngelList Venture is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its Meridian wealth platform, located in San Francisco. This role involves owning the technical design and delivery of major product surfaces, closely collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Candidates should have over 6 years of experience in web application development and a strong understanding of architectural decision-making. The compensation starts at $200,000 annually, with a hybrid office model requiring in-person collaboration at least twice a week.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building meaningful web applications.
• Experience owning large product surfaces from scratch in a 0→1 environment.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to make decisions quickly.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical design and delivery of major product surfaces.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including product and design.
• Shape the architecture and quality bar on which Meridian will scale.

Skills

Building web applications

Architectural decision-making

Full-stack development

Technical judgment

Enterprise-level software experience

Job description

About the Role

Meridian is AngelList’s wealth platform for private markets. Meridian is building wealth products for the growing class of self‑directed investors who want unique and direct access to private markets. Built on more than a decade of AngelList innovation, Meridian extends the platform that already supports founders and fund managers to serve investors now. Meridian is early, and this role presents an opportunity to help shape the next generation of products for private market investing.

As a Senior Software Engineer on Meridian, you’ll own the technical design and delivery of major product surfaces across investing and portfolio management, from early architecture and sequencing tradeoffs through launch and iteration. This is a founding engineer role on a zero‑to‑one product with meaningful distribution, regulatory complexity, and infrastructure leverage. You’ll work closely with product, design, compliance, and supply to shape what private market investing feels like for the next decade.

You will have the opportunity to:

• Build a category‑defining wealth platform for private markets
• Work on a 0 to 1 product with real distribution and infrastructure advantages from AngelList
• Drive high‑leverage engineering decisions early, shaping the architecture and quality bar on which Meridian will scale
• Ship features that meaningfully increase investor engagement and investment volume
• Collaborate as part of a small founding team, partnering closely with product, design, supply, legal, and compliance
• Develop deep fluency in private market investing workflows and the constraints of building regulated, high‑trust financial products

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience building meaningful web applications
• Experience owning large product surfaces from scratch in a 0→1 environment
• Full‑stack generalist or frontend specialist with working proficiency across the stack to unblock yourself
• Strong technical judgment – you understand tradeoffs and aren’t afraid to voice your opinions and make fast decisions
• Experience building foundational systems, making architecture and sequencing decisions with long‑term impact, and building software in a regulatory domain where trust and reliability are paramount
• High ownership mindset, bias toward action, and comfort pushing back and debating technical decisions with a cross‑functional team
• Deep curiosity about venture capital, financial infrastructure and empowering builders (https://venturehacks.com/save-the-world)

Working Here

AngelList has offices in a few cities, with our engineering hub in San Francisco. We’re building our engineering and product teams around this hub to make the most of in‑person collaboration. We have a hybrid in‑office model: teammates come in at least 2 days per week (Tuesdays and either Wednesday or Thursday).

Compensation

The compensation for this role consists of a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity package. The base salary for this role is $200,000+ annually but actual will vary based on a number of factors including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Full details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.

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