Cardinal Gray (YC S23) · 18 hours ago
Product Engineer
Brooklyn, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Mid LevelCardinal Gray is a company focused on improving lien filing processes, and they are seeking a Product Engineer to build and drive software solutions that address real customer problems. The role involves working directly with customers, automating workflows, and managing integrations while ensuring correct and efficient operations.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Financial ServicesLending
Hiring Manager
Muhammad Khattak
Responsibilities
Build backend systems that automate document generation, signature collection, and lien perfection workflows
Own integrations with lenders, vendors, and state-specific processes (often inconsistent and hostile to automation)
Debug and harden systems that deal with messy inputs: OCR outputs, missing data, DMV rejection loops, inconsistent county requirements
Work directly with customers: gather requirements, explain workflows, manage pilots, and turn adoption into expansion
Support live operations when needed — because in this business, correctness > elegance
Help design the product by being close to the pain: rejections, backlog, chase cycles, missing POA/ELT/lienholder details, etc
Write code that directly impacts revenue and customer retention
Communicate confidently with collateral teams, ops teams, and decision-makers
Be a “founder energy” operator: see problems, fix problems, close problems
Qualification
Required
Strong computer science fundamentals and engineering judgment
Real backend experience (TypeScript / Node preferred; AWS + cloud workflows a plus)
Comfort operating in production environments with messy real-world data
High ownership: you don't wait for specs — you create them
Ability to communicate clearly with customers and translate pain into product
Entrepreneurial temperament: you like chaotic problems and moving fast
Preferred
Experience in fintech, lending, B2B SaaS, or compliance-heavy workflows
Familiarity with automation / OCR / document pipelines
Sales instinct: you can tell what a customer actually needs vs. what they're asking for
Experience working with large enterprise clients (pilots, rollouts, expansions)
Company
Cardinal Gray (YC S23)
Automating title perfection for the auto industry.
Founded in 2022
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
Y Combinator
2023-09-06Pre Seed· $0.5M
Leadership Team
Grant Pease
Cofounder / President
Recent News
2025-04-01
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