Founding Software Engineer, Agents

Powder is a financial services company currently based in Los Altos, California, United States. It has been founded in 2023 by Dominic Tully, Jeffrey Magder, and David Goerz.

Location: Redwood City, CA
Company size: 5–10
Posted: 2w ago
Via: Yc

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Founding Software Engineer, Agents · Powder

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Job title: Founding Software Engineer, Agents
Job location: Redwood City, CA, US
Job listing URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/powder/jobs/grrytZl-founding-software-engineer-agents
Job description: Powder is building AI agents that empower financial advisors to work faster, smarter, and with greater precision. Our platform automates document analysis, portfolio workflows, and client reporting for wealth managers handling billions in assets. Backed by top-tier investors, we’re growing quickly and looking for builders who want to push the frontier of AI in wealth management. ## **The Opportunity** As an **AI Engineer**, you will be at the center of our mission: building production-grade AI agents that automate wealth management workflows. This role goes far beyond prototypes. You will **design, ship, and scale reliable AI systems** that interact with real clients, analyze complex financial data, generate insights, and integrate seamlessly into advisor workflows. ## **What You’ll Do** * **Build production-ready AI agents** that handle document parsing, portfolio automation, and client workflows. * **Develop AI-powered insights and visualizations** that make financial data clear and actionable. * **Drive the full lifecycle of agent development**, from prototype to deployment and iteration, ensuring reliability and impact in production. * **Collaborate directly with customers and the founding team** to solve real-world financial problems with AI. ## **Who You Are** * A **builder with high agency** who thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and ships quickly. * Comfortable with modern **AI/agent frameworks** such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or CrewAI * **MUST have deployed them into production** with real users. * Proficient with **LLMs, agent orchestration, and browser automation frameworks** such as Playwright. * Experienced in **Python** (our core backend language) and comfortable with **React/TypeScript** (our frontend stack). * Skilled at using **observability and evaluation tools** like LangSmith to measure and improve agent performance. ## **Bonus Points If You** * Have **built browser automation or scraping frameworks** at scale. * Have **worked in fintech, wealth management, or other data-heavy domains**. * Have been a **founder or early engineer** who knows how to balance speed and craft. ## **Why Join Us?** * **Impact from day one:** Your code will be used by wealth managers controlling billions of dollars. * **Cutting-edge AI:** Build with LLMs and orchestrate agentic workflows * **Founding DNA:** Join a small, elite team where your ownership and creativity matter. * **Upside:** Competitive salary, meaningful equity, and the chance to grow with a category-defining company. In your application, please include links to demos or websites of AI agents you’ve shipped.

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