Founding Member of Technical Staff, Markets
True Talent Solutions Partners · Palo Alto · onsite
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join a small, high-performance team building AI-powered systems for financial markets. In this founding-level role, you will take ideas from initial research through production and help build the infrastructure and tools that make market experiments possible.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Own projects end to end, from ideation and implementation through production deployment.
- Build and extend data pipelines, trading signals, and research infrastructure.
- Develop automated execution systems and tools that help the team move quickly from ideas to live experiments.
- Work with quantitative and AI researchers on approaches to market prediction.
- Contribute across trading infrastructure, machine learning, and security as team needs evolve.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- One to five years of full-time experience as a software engineer or quantitative developer.
- A degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, or a related field.
- Strong software engineering skills in Python or C++.
- Demonstrated ownership of a project built and shipped from idea to production, including responsibility for its real-world application.
- Background in areas such as quantitative development, trading systems, data infrastructure, systematic research, high-frequency trading, crypto, or fintech.
- Strong statistical intuition and comfort working with noisy real-world data.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools and the ability to work effectively in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
- Experience beyond narrowly scoped, single-component engineering work.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary range: $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
LOCATION
On-site in Palo Alto, California.