Software Engineer - Applied AI

basiccapital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Basic Capital, a fintech company in New York, is looking for a skilled developer to lead full-stack AI projects end-to-end, enhance AI infrastructure, and refine engineering processes.

Candidates should excel in full-stack development and be proficient in languages like Kotlin, Swift, Java, and Python. Cultural fit includes passion for solving social issues, adaptability, and collaboration in cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in full-stack development, strong understanding of web frameworks and backend systems.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and programming languages such as Kotlin, Swift, Rust, Java, Go, C/C++, Python, Ruby, or TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Ship full-stack AI projects end-to-end.
• Build components for AI infrastructure, harness fine-tuning, and evaluation.
• Develop and improve engineering processes and systems to scale AI products.

Skills

Full-stack development

Web frameworks

Cloud infrastructure

Kotlin

Swift

Rust

Java

Go

C/C++

Python

Ruby

TypeScript

Job description

About Basic Capital

Basic Capital is a fintech company disrupting America’s $1T retirement industry by building the modern 401(k) built for today's workforce, and the first ever retirement mortgage. Our mission is to create products, platforms, and a credit marketplace that power a fundamentally new retirement system.

Our founding team includes leaders from Goldman Sachs, Uber, Block, Stripe, and Robinhood. We’re backed by top investors such as Lux Capital, Forerunner Ventures, BoxGroup, SVAngel, Inspired Capital, and Henry Kravis. Based in Tribeca, NYC, we’re assembling a lean, high-performance team committed to reducing wealth inequality.

You will

• Ship full-stack AI projects end-to-end
• Build components for AI infrastructure, harness fine-tuning, and evaluation
• Develop and improve engineering processes and systems to scale AI products at Basic Capital

Required Competencies:

• Proficiency in full-stack development, with a strong understanding of web frameworks, backend systems, and cloud infrastructure
• Proficiency in any of the following: Kotlin, Swift, Rust, Java, Go, C/C++, Python, Ruby, or TypeScript

Preferred Competencies

• Experience in fintech or early-stage technology companies
• Experience building and deploying agentic systems and embedding AI/ML in user-facing applications

Cultural Fit

• Passionate about solving big social problems with pragmatic solutions
• Aptitude for complexity and curiosity for financial markets
• Enjoys learning new technologies and selecting the right tool for each job
• Adaptable and open to contributing across the tech stack as the team evolves
• Autonomous, high agency, accountable, and thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, working effectively in cross-functional teams
• Excited to be a part of an in-office team