You will architect and build a high-performance enforcement engine that validates AI communications in real-time. Sitting directly in the API layer, this system ensures every message meets regulatory standards for global financial institutions. You will solve complex systems challenges involving low latency and high throughput while shaping the engineering culture of an early-stage team.
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Senior Backend Engineer at well-funded AI infrastructure startup
Join an elite founding team building the essential 'firewall for AI' that validates enterprise communications against regulatory standards in real-time, working alongside former engineering leaders from Goldman Sachs and Microsoft to solve mission-critical systems challenges where performance is paramount. As a Senior Backend Engineer at this well-funded startup, you will architect a high-throughput enforcement engine that sits in the API layer for global financial institutions, securing the compliance infrastructure of the AI era while receiving meaningful early-stage equity.
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Location
New York, United States
Compensation
Not Disclosed
Company
Confidential company
Role overview
About the company
Well-funded AI infrastructure startup
What you will do
- Design and develop a real-time API enforcement engine capable of processing thousands of personalized communications per second with sub-millisecond latency.
- Build deterministic validation rulepacks that check content against complex global regulatory frameworks including SEC, FINRA, and GDPR standards.
- Collaborate on scaling the distributed system infrastructure to support tier-one financial institutions while maintaining zero tolerance for correctness failures.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record building distributed systems at high-growth, engineering-forward companies where rigorous backend practices and high-scale traffic are the norm.
- Deep expertise in backend architecture, systems programming, and handling high-throughput production environments where system failures have significant regulatory consequences.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with experience in early-stage environments, comfortable owning complex features end-to-end and defining technical standards from the ground up.
Why this role is remarkable
- Join an elite founding team with a track record of scaling multi-billion dollar systems at major technology and financial firms.
- The company is backed by top-tier venture capital firms and is solving a critical compliance bottleneck for AI adoption in regulated industries.
- Own the core architecture of a mission-critical "firewall for AI" that sits in the path of every outbound enterprise message.
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