Founding Engineer - Scend
Remote • New York City • FullTime
Posted 1y ago
About the job
Scend is modernizing M&A and bringing efficiency to private markets with a strong team, early customers, and backing from top investors. As a founding engineer, you will work directly with the founders to shape the product and architecture from the ground up. You'll have an outsized impact on everything from system design to our engineering culture. While prior experience is not required, a background or interest in LLMs and Machine Learning is a big plus.
Responsibilities
- Architect scalable, high-performance APIs to serve financial data and turn them into product features
- Generate datasets and research reports using LLMs, applying evals and fine-tuning to drive accuracy
- Process large datasets using Airflow, Pandas, and Spark
- Develop high-scale systems for crawling sites and docs from the web
- Manage infrastructure with Terraform, Docker, AWS ECS, and monitoring tools like Sentry and CloudWatch
Requirements
- 2+ years building scalable software systems
- Expertise in Python and SQL
- Comfortable with data processing frameworks (Airflow, Pandas, Spark)
- Familiarity with infra automation tools (Terraform, Docker)
- Background in LLM systems and Machine Learning
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation & Equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible Environment (open to remote for exceptional talent)
- Early Team Influence
- Investment in growth (courses, books, conferences)
- Regular team events, offsites, and socials
- Unlimited PTO