Founding Engineer

Job Summary

The Bondspoke founders have nearly 20 years experience each across investment banking, fixed income, research, software development, product leadership, early stage startups, growth stage startups, and executive leadership.

We see a huge opportunity to leverage LLM based AI architectures to dramatically improve how research, decision making and investment analysis workflows work, especially in the complex world of global fixed income.

We are seeking an entrepreneurial and creative Founding Engineer to join our team as we build innovative financial products that will transform how fixed income investors and bond issuers do business. As the Founding Engineer, you will play a crucial role in shaping the technical direction of the company and developing our Minimum Viable Product (MVP). You will work closely with the founders to iterate and refine the product as we acquire customers and work towards early commercialization and product-market fit.

Key Responsibilities

  • You will take ownership of the RAG based LLM pipelines and NextJS codebases

  • Design, develop, and implement the core architecture and codebases, taking ownership over both the RAG based LLM pipeline and the NextJS web application repositories

  • Collaborate with the founders to understand the product vision and translate it into technical specifications, working closely with the technical founder who will act as your product management partner

  • Develop and implement data pipelines for ingesting and processing financial data, particularly in the fixed income domain

  • You will be responsible for delivering high quality, maintainable code in Typescript and Python

  • You will be responsible for LLM prompt engineering, iterating on our RAG based LLM pipelines leveraging LangChain or Freeplay to manage the quality of the results and mitigate regressions

  • You will mentor and guide other engineers as the team grows, promoting a culture of excellence and continuous learning

About You

  • Senior level software engineering experience

  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to break down complex problems into manageable components

  • Expertise in the modern web based tech stack, using frameworks and vendors such as or similar to NextJS, TailwindCSS, Shadcn, Vercel, Auth0, Stripe, etc

  • Proficient in using and integrating LLMs into products and workflows, including how to build and maintain RAG based AI workflows and embeddings

  • Experience with multiple major LLMs and knowledge of pros and cons of each

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with founders, designers, and other stakeholders

  • Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment

  • Nice to have - experience working with financial instruments like stocks and bonds

Employment Type

This role starts at equity only and converts to market rate Principal Engineering compensation upon commercialization of the product and investment in the business. We will work with you to set reasonable expectations such as weekly time commitment and milestones that suit your needs and capacity.

How to Apply

Send us your resume and a quick note why you’re interested in the role to careers@bondspoke.com.