Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer

The Role

As an early engineer at Centauri AI, you will work closely with the CTO, product team, and customers to develop cutting-edge solutions for the financial sector. We’re seeking a talented engineer with experience delivering complex projects and building scalable, maintainable front-end software. In this role, you’ll design and implement high-quality user-facing systems while shaping the future of finance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Write and debug well-formatted, self-documenting code; request and review feedback with concise commit comments and comprehensive PR descriptions.
• Deploy and test code in deployed environments, then monitor, investigate, and fix bug stack traces, error messages, and performance issues.
• Prioritize and estimate size for technical tasks originating from both product and engineering teams.
• Consult on architectural, operational, and infrastructural changes to technical stack and processes.
• Occasionally consult with non-technical teams on resolving production issues, estimate feasibility of workarounds and recovery paths, and creating automation scripts to lessen operations workload.
• Occasionally consult on visual design and product UI changes.

Minimum Skillset

• 4+ years using Linux and/or Mac developer tools (VSCode/Xcode/npm/pip/brew/systemd/apt)
• 4+ years building web-based apps that use HTML + CSS
• 2+ years writing Javascript with React deployed in production environment
• 1+ years writing Python deployed in production environment
• 1+ years interacting with SQL database in production environment
• 2+ years using git, 1+ year using Github in an enterprise environment
• Typing speed >=60wpm

Extra Credit

• 1+ year using VSCode as your primary code editor
• 1+ year using AWS as primary cloud, experience with EC2 + VPC + S3 + IAM
• 1+ year working with Kubernetes and Docker in production
• Any prior project training + fine tuning LLMs
• Any prior project using Jupyter + iPython notebooks
• Prior project experience using any of these libraries and protocols:
  • FastAPI / ASGI
  • GraphQL server frameworks + Apollo Client
  • SQLAlchemy for Python
  • Any task queueing system (celery, SQS, airflow, etc.)
  • Any TCP load balancer (Nginx, Apache, ELB, Envoy)
• Typing speed >100wpm + Touch typing + Ninja w/ Keyboard shortcuts
• Prior experience with pair programming
• Any CS Degree or Coding Bootcamp Certificate

Soft Skills

• Native-level fluency in English speaking and writing
• Evidence-first mindset, deduce strong conclusions but still open-minded to new data and perspectives
• Independence and resilience, systematically breaking down unknowns and embracing challenges outside of one's skillset
• Contributes to, or participates in open-source (Github, Stackoverflow, Serverfault, etc)
• Enthusiasm for high-pressure, hyperspeed seed-startup to maximize exposure and learning

1. Email
2. Tech Screening (Zoom Call)
3. 1-Day Onsite
4. Offer Letter