Software Engineer

Albert Bow; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Albert Bow are supporting an early-stage start-up in NYC that is looking to hire a Software Engineer to join its growing engineering team. The product is AI-powered, connects contracts, documents, invoices and financial data to automate processes used by major US customers.

You'll work across the stack on challenging technical problems, build production-grade software, and have a direct impact on the product as the company scales its engineering team.

Qualifications

• Experience building and maintaining production software.
• Strong backend development, APIs and system design knowledge.
• Exposure to AI/LLM technologies and interest in AI-powered applications.
• Understanding of RAG, embeddings, vector databases or LLM integrations is a plus.
• Experience with databases and handling structured or unstructured data.
• Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, reliable code.
• Ability to work independently and own deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend services with Node.js and TypeScript.
• Work on document processing, data extraction, search and retrieval.
• Build APIs and integrations connecting enterprise systems.
• Handle large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
• Improve performance, reliability and scalability of systems.
• Work with cloud infrastructure and deployment environments.
• Collaborate with the team to turn requirements into solutions.
• Own features from development to production.

Skills

Production software development

Backend engineering

APIs and system design

AI/LLM technologies

Data handling (structured/unstructured

AWS/GCP cloud

Clean code

Ownership of deliverables

Tools

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

React

AWS

Job description

The Opportunity

Albert Bow are supporting an early-stage start-up in NYC that is looking to hire a Software Engineer to join its growing engineering team.

Our client is building an AI-powered product that connects contracts, documents, invoices and financial data to automate processes that remain heavily manual across large enterprises.

The product is already live, commercially proven and being used by major US customers. They're now looking to grow their engineering team with someone who wants to work on challenging technical problems, build production-grade software and have a direct impact on the product.

The role will involve:

• Developing and maintaining backend services and applications using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Working on document processing, data extraction, search and retrieval systems.
• Building APIs and integrations that connect different enterprise systems.
• Working with large volumes of structured and unstructured data.
• Improving the performance, reliability and scalability of existing systems.
• Working with cloud infrastructure and deployment environments.
• Collaborating with the wider team to turn product requirements into well-built technical solutions.
• Taking ownership of features from initial development through to production.

You'll have the opportunity to work across different parts of the technology stack, rather than being restricted to one particular area of the product.

What We're Looking For

We're interested in software engineers who have a solid engineering foundation and are keen to develop their experience within an early-stage AI business.

You might currently be a Software Engineer, Backend Engineer or Full-Stack Engineer looking for an opportunity to take on more responsibility and work on a product with real commercial traction.

We're looking for someone with:

• Experience building and maintaining production software.
• A good understanding of backend development, APIs and system design.
• Exposure to AI/LLM technologies and an interest in building AI-powered applications.
• An understanding of RAG, embeddings, vector databases or LLM integrations would be beneficial.
• Experience working with databases and handling structured or unstructured data.
• Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS or GCP.
• An appreciation for writing clean, maintainable and reliable code.
• The ability to work independently, solve problems and take ownership of deliverables.

Experience with PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, React and AWS would be particularly relevant.

You don't need to tick every box. We're more interested in your engineering fundamentals, what you've built and your appetite to work with modern AI technologies.

The Person

You'll enjoy working in a small engineering team where you can have a genuine influence on the product.

You're comfortable getting stuck into unfamiliar problems, learning new technologies and taking responsibility for the work you deliver.

You don't need to have worked at a start-up before, but you'll need to be comfortable with an environment where things move quickly, priorities can change and engineers are expected to contribute beyond narrowly defined responsibilities.

Above all, you're a hands-on builder who wants to develop your engineering career while working on technically interesting problems.

Why This Role?

The product is already live, the business has established major enterprise customers and the engineering team is at an exciting stage of growth.

You'll be joining early enough to have a meaningful influence on the product, work closely with the founders and gain exposure to the technical challenges involved in scaling a commercially proven AI platform.

It's an opportunity to develop your engineering experience, work with modern AI technologies and take genuine ownership within a growing business.