As the third engineer at this SF-based fintech startup, you will build the next generation of shared financial accounts. Working directly with a YC-alum founder, you'll bridge the gap between P2P apps and business banking to create a high-fidelity co-ownership money experience for roommates, families, and communities.
Founding Product Engineer at $4.5M seed-stage consumer payments startup
Help build the future of shared money as the third engineer at this high-growth SF startup. Backed by Notation Capital and led by a veteran YC founder, this team is replacing clunky spreadsheets and awkward IOUs with a sophisticated co-ownership financial platform. If you have deep React expertise, a passion for consumer UX, and want to own 1% of a resilient fintech mission, this is your chance to shape a product processing real-world transactions for thousands of users on day one.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Pool
$4.5M seed-stage consumer payments startup backed by Notation Capital and Asylum Ventures
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Lead full-stack feature development (60% frontend / 40% backend) using React, TypeScript, and Go to deliver a seamless consumer payment experience.
- Collaborate closely with the founder and designers to architect high-quality, trustworthy financial controls like role-based permissions and real-time spending limits.
- Leverage AI-driven development tools to accelerate shipping cycles while maintaining the precision required for processing real-time Visa debit transactions.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Professional experience shipping polished consumer products with a deep mastery of React and TypeScript and a keen eye for UI/UX details.
- Comfortable working across the stack with an interest in mastering Go and experience managing infrastructure via AWS, PostgreSQL, and Docker.
- Proven track record as a founding or early employee who thrives in high-autonomy environments and can be in the San Francisco office three days per week.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Join an elite three-person engineering team alongside veterans from Block/Cash App and Snap, shaping the codebase from its earliest stages.
- Work on a product with high-conviction market fit, a growing waitlist of thousands, and a resilient vision backed by lessons from the founder’s previous $100k/day payment venture.
- High-impact ownership with meaningful equity (0.8% - 1.0%) in a company solving the complex, everyday problem of shared finances for millions of consumers.
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