Founding Software Engineer

Simplify; San Francisco (CA); Vor Ort; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous Equity

Hedge Fund Bonus Upside

H-1B Sponsorship

Zusammenfassung

Simplify in Palo Alto is seeking an engineer to build and operate systems for market data ingestion, research, trading execution, and trader-facing products. You will own projects end to end from problem definition through deployment, ensuring robust, scalable platforms.

You should have experience owning production software, strong systems judgment, and depth in distributed systems or data infrastructure. You will work independently and contribute foundational code, with opportunities to shape

Qualifikationen

• Experience owning production software end to end (0→1).
• Evidence of building useful systems from 0 to 1.
• Ability to work independently and own shipped code.

Aufgaben

• Own projects end to end from problem definition and design through implementation, deployment, and operation.
• Help shape the team's technical direction.

Kenntnisse

Production Software Development

Backend Engineering

Distributed Systems

Data Infrastructure

Full-Stack Engineering

Research Infrastructure

Applied AI

Agent Systems

Data Pipelines

System Design

Concurrency

Performance Optimization

Software Deployment

Evaluation Frameworks

AI Coding Agents

Quantitative Trading

Tools

Palo Alto

Jobbeschreibung

Build and operate systems for market data ingestion, research, trading execution, and trader-facing products, including data pipelines, evaluation frameworks, and autonomous agent workflows. Own projects end to end from problem definition and design through implementation, deployment, and operation, while helping shape the team's technical direction.

Requirements: Candidates should have experience owning production software end to end, strong systems judgment, and depth in at least one relevant area such as distributed systems, data infrastructure, full-stack engineering, research infrastructure, or applied AI. They should have evidence of building useful systems from 0 to 1, work independently, use AI coding agents exceptionally well while remaining accountable for shipped code, and be willing to work in person in Palo Alto five days per week.

Key Skills: Production Software Development, Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems, Data Infrastructure, Full-Stack Engineering, Research Infrastructure, Applied AI, Agent Systems, Data Pipelines, System Design, Concurrency, Performance Optimization, Software Deployment, Evaluation Frameworks, AI Coding Agents, Quantitative Trading

Benefits: Generous Equity, Hedge Fund Bonus Upside, H-1B Visa Sponsorship