Founding Engineer (multiple positions)

Plutus

Kirkland (WA)

On-site

USD 100,000 - 140,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Fair compensation and equity

Supportive work environment

Job summary

A leading investment firm in Kirkland, WA is seeking a full-stack engineer to join their innovative team. The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in software development, including on-call rotations. You will take ownership of your projects, ensuring clean, maintainable code while leveraging AI tools to enhance productivity. This position offers fair compensation and equity within a collaborative environment. Join us and be part of a mission to democratize access to investing.

Qualifications

8+ years of experience including on-call rotations and service maintenance.
Ability to write clean and maintainable code.
Experience building hardened infrastructure at scale.

Responsibilities

Write high-quality software with attention to detail.
Take ownership of projects from start to finish.
Ensure systems remain operational and performant.

Skills

Clean, maintainable code

Extreme ownership

Curiosity

AI tool utilization

Tools

Node.js

TypeScript

React

Redis

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Come join our fast growing company on a mission to democratize access to investing. We are looking for full-stack engineers. We work in‑person most days out of our office in Kirkland, WA.

To succeed in this role you will need:

Love the craft – You take pride in writing clean, maintainable code. You care about the details. Building software well matters to you.
Extreme ownership – we don't want to sell you on a big‑tech type job. This is for you if you almost want to startup your own thing but are not there yet.
Have battle scars – 8+ years of experience including real on‑call rotations and service maintenance. You've been paged at 3am and know what it takes to keep systems running.
Be deeply curious – You dive deep into unknowns. When you don't know something, you figure it out. You want to understand how things work, not just make them work.
Use AI effectively, but own the fundamentals – You leverage AI tools to move faster and be more productive, but you have deep knowledge of the entire stack. You can explain what the code does, debug when things break, and make architectural decisions without relying on AI to tell you what's right.

You will need some experience having built and operated hardened infra at scale. We think you’ll learn on the job but need engineers who can operate with an elevated baseline.