TechChain Talent ยท 2 months ago
Founding Engineer (New York)
New York, New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$200K/yr - $200K/yr
2+ years expTechChain Talent is a pre-seed, venture-backed start-up building next-generation payment infrastructure for trade credit. The Founding Engineer will work closely with the founder and external contractors to deliver the initial MVP, influence technical architecture, and eventually lead the internal engineering team.
Responsibilities
Partner with the founder and external contractors on early pilot development (first 36 months)
Own backend architecture; design, review, and deliver production-quality code
Oversee external engineering contractors and ensure delivery against milestones
Recruit, onboard, and mentor future engineering hires
Collaborate with product, risk, compliance, and go-to-market stakeholders as the organization scales
Maintain high standards for code quality, auditability, and development velocity
Design systems for payments and fintech: working-capital solutions, payouts, ledgers, reconciliation, and coverage checks
Ship quickly and iterate based on partner and customer feedback
Qualification
Required
2-7 years of engineering experience with a strong emphasis on backend development (e.g., Node, TypeScript, React/Next.js)
Proven experience launching and scaling v1 fintech or payment products
Background working with high-throughput, auditable financial systems (e.g., payment processors, treasury platforms, or enterprise finance tools)
Strong systems thinker with understanding of distributed data models, contracts, and clean separation of concerns
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, zero-to-one start-up environments and managing external vendors
Preferred
Rust or distributed-ledger systems a plus but not required
Benefits
Equity
Company
TechChain Talent
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2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase