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Founding Software Engineer – Ventures Team

Founding Software Engineer – Ventures Team

CompanyTower Research Capital
LocationNew York, NY, USA
Salary$175000 – $250000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong technical background with 6+ years of full-time engineering experience (Backend or ML/AI experience preferred).
  • Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines and MLOps for automating model deployments.
  • Skilled in using Linux, SQL, Git, and BASH scripting.
  • Strong knowledge of Python (Pytorch/Tensorflow).
  • The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a ‘zero to one’ engineer on a wide variety of startups.
  • Scope the technical feasibility of projects that TRV decides to start/invest in.
  • Be responsible for building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) until we hire a dedicated team for the company.
  • Drive the recruiting and interview process for hiring this dedicated team and handle the offloading of your code.
  • Once we have sufficient resources dedicated to the company, you will begin the process again on a new company, continue working on the previous one, or do project based work for our portfolio companies until we have a new incubation.
  • Other responsibilities may include helping TRV evaluate startups, source companies, and write blog content.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Previous startup experience is highly preferred.
  • Prior experience designing and implementing sequence and time series models is a plus.