Founding Engineer (Applied AI Lead)

Join Equi, a rapidly scaling investment technology platform, as a Founding Engineer and Head of Applied AI. In this foundational leadership role, you will design and build software solutions that accelerate Equi's growth, working across the investment team, operations, and go-to-market. You will be the backbone of engineering at Equi, driving projects from ideation through execution across AI-powered systems, customer-facing applications, and internal tools. This is a rare opportunity for someone fascinated by sophisticated investment strategies who wants to build technology that powers a rapidly scaling platform.

• Servir como el ingeniero principal y líder técnico, construyendo soluciones de software que aceleran el crecimiento en todos los equipos.
• Traducir necesidades complejas de los usuarios y requisitos comerciales en aplicaciones completas, escalables, mantenibles y amigables para el usuario.
• Actuar como la columna vertebral de la función de ingeniería, estableciendo la dirección técnica y las mejores prácticas.
• Data & Cloud Foundation: Solid understanding of data pipeline concepts (ETL/ELT) and data warehousing principles
• Full-Stack Proficiency: Proven track record of designing, building, deploying, operating, and maintaining complex full-stack web applications in production environments. Strong proficiency in Typescript, Next.js, and Python
• AI-Driven Engineering: Competent in AI-driven engineering workflows and can use them to deliver effectively; experience building AI-powered applications
• Collaboration & Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Product Acumen: Demonstrated ability to think critically about product strategy, understand user needs and pain points, and effectively translate them into technical solutions
• Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in software development, demonstrating progressive responsibility and impact
• Autonomy & Action Orientation: Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision, navigate ambiguity effectively, and drive projects to completion with a strong sense of ownership and a bias for action
• Passion for investing: Experience can’t substitute for an innate curiosity and passion for the world of investing. We operate in the depths of it, so you better love it!
• Leadership Potential: Desire and ability to eventually grow and lead a small, high-performing engineering team
• Prior experience working in fintech, investment technology, or financial services
• Specific experience designing and scaling large-volume data pipelines or complex distributed systems on GCP
• Experience using containerization technologies like Docker and API middleware like GraphQL
• Familiarity with advanced data modeling techniques
• Experience with RAG systems, LLM integration, or AI agent development
• Defining Our Ideal Candidate: Key Traits in Action
• Beyond technical skills, we seek engineers who embody specific traits that are crucial to our culture and success. These qualities are interconnected and define how we approach building impactful products