ENGAGEMENT TERMS
- Position type: Full-time, permanent
- Fee: One-time fee of 10%
Please work the roles in this order.
ROLE DETAILS
1. SOFTWARE ENGINEER (FULL STACK) - 4 OPENINGS
Company: AI-native compliance software for financial institutions. Series A, founded 2023, 11-50 employees.
Location: New York City, NY (in-person)
Experience: 3+ years
Must-have:
- 3+ years building production web applications
- Strong experience with modern interactive frontends and the backend systems that support them
- Strong product and UX judgment for complex, data-dense applications
- Solid grasp of frontend architecture, application state, APIs, data modeling and relational databases
- Ability to take a product problem from concept to production
Nice-to-have: AI-powered product features, direct customer-facing work, end-to-end project ownership
Interview process: Intro call, coding interview (optional), chat with co-founder, work trial
2. AI DEPLOYMENT STRATEGIST - OPENINGS TBC
Company: Pre-seed, founded in 2025, 1-10 employees.
Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY (in-person; customer travel required)
Experience: 4+ years
Role mix: Roughly 60-70% running customer engagements and 30-40% hands-on technical work
Must-have:
- Track record of enterprise delivery: forward-deployed delivery, enterprise solutions, technical consulting or leading enterprise implementations
- Has personally driven a complex initiative to a result with customers and multiple stakeholders
- Technical background and fluency with software systems, APIs and data
- Executive presence and ability to hold technical conversations with customers
Interview process: Phone screen, technical assessment, work trial
3. FOUNDING ENGINEER (GENERALIST) - 5 OPENINGS
Company: Agentic geospatial intelligence engine. Seed, founded 2026.
Location: San Francisco, CA (in-person, startup-intensity hours)
Experience: 3+ years
Must-have:
- 3+ years building and shipping production systems at high velocity
- Full-stack generalist, comfortable across backend and frontend
- High agency; able to operate without a defined scope or playbook
- Fluency with the current AI and software stack
- Willing to work in-person in San Francisco with demanding early-stage hours
Nice-to-have: GIS/geospatial background, applied AI research, high-velocity startup experience, competitive programming (IOI/ICPC), prior founding or early-employee experience
Interview process: Founder intro call, take-home project, technical debrief, call with co-founder or advisor, work trial
4. FORWARD DEPLOYED ENGINEER - 16 OPENINGS
Company: AI engineering services firm. Bootstrapped and profitable, founded in 2025, 11-50 employees.
Location: New York City, NY (in-person)
Experience: 2+ years
Must-have:
- Has shipped and supported production software
- Has built reliable systems with LLMs
- Can explain technical decisions to both a CEO and an engineer
Note: Client-facing, fast-paced role. Not suited to candidates who want a narrow scope or a predictable pace.
Interview process: Screen, behavioral, live coding, systems design, final round
5. AI PRODUCT ENGINEER - 3 OPENINGS
Company: Legal AI for plaintiff law firms. Series A, founded in 2022, 51-200 employees.
Location: San Francisco, CA (in-person)
Experience: 2-4 years
Must-have:
- 2-4 years of software engineering, ideally on SaaS or AI-driven products
- Strong Python, JavaScript or similar
- Familiarity with AI frameworks, ML concepts and AWS, Azure or GCP
- Comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced startup; strong communication
Nice-to-have: Legal tech, healthtech or document-heavy SaaS; AI pipelines for document processing or information extraction
Interview process: 30-min intro call, 1.5-hour technical interview, paid 1-2 day in-office work trial
CLIENT SOURCING GUIDELINES (every profile must meet these)
- Prioritise candidates currently working at startups, especially Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A or Series B funded companies.
- Prioritise candidates from YC-funded startups, as they have a stronger chance of selection.
- Previous FAANG experience is an added advantage.
- Source from the top 20 universities.
- Before submitting, research and verify the candidate's current organisation, including its most recent funding stage and current business status.
- Check green flags and red flags very carefully.
- Confirm visa status against each role's sponsorship terms above before submitting.
SUBMISSION FORMAT
Share each profile with the resume and the following details:
- Name of the Candidate:
- LinkedIn:
- Email:
- Startup experience:
- YC Companies experience (Yes/No):
- Why they are a fit for this role:
Please route all profiles to me for review before anything goes to the client. The client has been clear that quality matters more than volume, so please share only profiles that meet every criterion.
Candidate Sourcing Guidelines:
Prioritize candidates currently working with startups, especially those with experience in Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, or Series B-funded companies.
Previous FAANG experience is an added advantage.
Prioritize candidates from YC-funded startups, as they may have a stronger chance of selection.
Before submitting any candidate, research and verify the candidate's current organisation, including its recent funding stage and current business status.
Check very carefully Green flags and red flags
Look from top 20 universities