Recruiting from Scratch
Who is Recruiting from Scratch:
Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.
About the client:
Founding Full-Stack Engineer
Location:
New York City, NY Company Stage:
Seed (raised $15.5M from top-tier VCs) Office Type:
Onsite, 5 Days a Week Salary:
$180,000 - $250,000 + Equity Company Description
Our client is a fast-growing, well-funded AI-native startup backed by top venture firms including General Catalyst and Venrock, along with notable financial executives (e.g., former CEO of Vanguard, former CFO of Schwab). They are building the future of intelligent wealth infrastructure-unifying fragmented tools into a powerful end-to-end platform for financial advisors.
You'll be joining as employee #3, shaping the product, technical foundation, and culture from the ground up. This is an incredibly high-impact role for an engineer who wants to be fully immersed in AI and thrive in a fast-paced, high-caliber environment. What You Will Do Build core platform features and multi-agent AI workflows that automate complex financial advisor processes. Architect, develop, and scale end-to-end systems across the backend and frontend. Collaborate directly with the founding team to drive product decisions, define engineering practices, and build the technical foundation. Solve high-impact problems in applied AI, data orchestration, and automation. Own your domain-take responsibility from inception to deployment across the full stack. Ideal Candidate Background 3-8 years of full-stack experience at top-tier, venture-backed startups (preferably Series B or earlier). Significant ownership of features/products from 0 to 1. Experience or strong exposure to
Applied AI : comfortable using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, etc. Prior experience in founding teams or long tenures at early-stage companies is a major plus. Strong backend and infrastructure focus with product-thinking instincts. Preferred CS or equivalent STEM degree from a top-tier university. Proficiency in: Backend:
Python, Django Frontend:
TypeScript, Vercel Infra:
AWS ECS, RDS/Postgres, Redis, Terraform AI/ML Tools:
OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, Cursor
Traits: hungry, curious, fast-moving, and high ownership mindset. Founder-type ambition: You're not just here to code-you want to build something enduring. Compensation, Benefits, and More Base Salary:
$180,000 - $250,000 (flexible for the right candidate) Equity:
Exceptionally competitive-true founding-level ownership Visa Sponsorship:
Available Process:
Fast-moving 2-stage interview process, can close in under 7 days Hiring Urgency:
Immediate need; you'll be critical to unlocking scale
If you're excited to be on the ground floor of something transformative and build alongside an elite team solving real-world problems with AI, this is the opportunity for you.
Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.
About the client:
Founding Full-Stack Engineer
Location:
New York City, NY Company Stage:
Seed (raised $15.5M from top-tier VCs) Office Type:
Onsite, 5 Days a Week Salary:
$180,000 - $250,000 + Equity Company Description
Our client is a fast-growing, well-funded AI-native startup backed by top venture firms including General Catalyst and Venrock, along with notable financial executives (e.g., former CEO of Vanguard, former CFO of Schwab). They are building the future of intelligent wealth infrastructure-unifying fragmented tools into a powerful end-to-end platform for financial advisors.
You'll be joining as employee #3, shaping the product, technical foundation, and culture from the ground up. This is an incredibly high-impact role for an engineer who wants to be fully immersed in AI and thrive in a fast-paced, high-caliber environment. What You Will Do Build core platform features and multi-agent AI workflows that automate complex financial advisor processes. Architect, develop, and scale end-to-end systems across the backend and frontend. Collaborate directly with the founding team to drive product decisions, define engineering practices, and build the technical foundation. Solve high-impact problems in applied AI, data orchestration, and automation. Own your domain-take responsibility from inception to deployment across the full stack. Ideal Candidate Background 3-8 years of full-stack experience at top-tier, venture-backed startups (preferably Series B or earlier). Significant ownership of features/products from 0 to 1. Experience or strong exposure to
Applied AI : comfortable using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, etc. Prior experience in founding teams or long tenures at early-stage companies is a major plus. Strong backend and infrastructure focus with product-thinking instincts. Preferred CS or equivalent STEM degree from a top-tier university. Proficiency in: Backend:
Python, Django Frontend:
TypeScript, Vercel Infra:
AWS ECS, RDS/Postgres, Redis, Terraform AI/ML Tools:
OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude, Cursor
Traits: hungry, curious, fast-moving, and high ownership mindset. Founder-type ambition: You're not just here to code-you want to build something enduring. Compensation, Benefits, and More Base Salary:
$180,000 - $250,000 (flexible for the right candidate) Equity:
Exceptionally competitive-true founding-level ownership Visa Sponsorship:
Available Process:
Fast-moving 2-stage interview process, can close in under 7 days Hiring Urgency:
Immediate need; you'll be critical to unlocking scale
If you're excited to be on the ground floor of something transformative and build alongside an elite team solving real-world problems with AI, this is the opportunity for you.