Portola · 1 day ago
Founding Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $240K/yr
3+ years expPortola is building a connection between stablecoin neobanks and traditional US lenders. The role involves owning significant parts of the system, making architectural decisions, and contributing to the engineering culture as the company grows.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Own significant parts of the system - new services, SDK design, infrastructure
Ship to production. We have real partners integrating now, with a sandbox live
Make architectural decisions that will impact the future of the company
Build the engineering culture as we grow
Qualification
Required
CS / Math / Stats / Physics background - or equivalent depth
3-5+ years building backend systems - if you're an exceptional junior (1-3), don't self select out
Typescript / Rust / Go - We're Typescript today, but open to where to go
Comfort with ambiguity - We're early. Requirements change. You'll need to be good at and comfortable with making decisions with incomplete information
AI fluency - show us something you've built with it. We use AI tooling extensively and want engineers who know how to leverage it for quality, not just speed
Preferred
Familiarity with credit markets, credit risk, lending, etc
Familiarity with blockchain technology and crypto-related platforms
Company
Portola
We connect crypto platforms to bank and fintech lenders. Wallet users can access stablecoin-native credit.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase