Founding Engineer - Scend

The Role

You’ll work directly with our founders to shape the product and architecture from the ground up. As an early team member, 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

• Design & Build: Architect scalable, high-performance APIs to serve financial data and turn them into product features
• AI-Powered Systems: Generate datasets and research reports using LLMs; applying evals and fine-tuning to drive accuracy
• Data Processing: Process large datasets using Airflow, Pandas, and Spark
• Web Crawling: Develop high-scale systems for crawling sites and docs from the web
• Infrastructure: 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
• Plus: Comfortable with data processing frameworks (Airflow, Pandas, Spark)
• Plus: Familiarity with infra automation tools (Terraform, Docker)
• Plus: Background in LLM systems and Machine Learning

Perks & Benefits

*If you’d like to add a perk, let us know! As a founding team member, you’ll play a key role in shaping our culture.

• Competitive Compensation & Equity: You’ll have a meaningful stake in our success.
• Healthcare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible Environment: We’re based in NYC and value in-person collaboration, but we’re open to remote arrangements for exceptional talent
• Early Team Influence: Your input will shape our product, culture, and future.
• Growth & Culture: We invest in your growth (courses, books, conferences) and regularly host team events, offsites, and socials to build our team culture.
• Unlimited PTO