Poesis
Head of Engineering
San Francisco · Full-time
H1B sponsorship availableDetected 40 days ago
TypeScriptPythonGoAlgorithmsSQLMachine LearningLLMsAgentic AIResearchLeadership
About the role
- We're looking for an experienced leader to help shape the future of Poesis.
- You'll work closely with Poesis leadership to define the technical vision and execute the engineering roadmap.
- This is a hands-on role with meaningful responsibility for both architecture and implementation.
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable systems for financial data ingestion, processing, storage and access
- Build the infrastructure that supports research, model development, real-time multiagent inference, and production decision-making
- Design point-in-time data architectures that ensure reproducibility, historical accuracy and research integrity
- Partner closely with researchers, quantitative developers and leadership to translate research into production.
- Recruit, develop and manage a high-performing engineering team
- 2+ years building products or platforms at a frontier AI lab, agentic startup, leading hedge fund, big tech company, or similar
- Strong systems design skills architecting distributed, data-intensive, and event-driven platforms
- You'll build from first principles, with no legacy systems, or entrenched processes slowing you down.
- Our team is made up of people from elite companies and universities who are low ego, collaborative, and excited to build together.
Requirements
- Current legal authorization to work in the US required
- Current legal authorization to work in the US required; continuing work visa sponsorship available for full-time employees.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with portfolio construction, risk management, or investment workflows
- Deep knowledge of predictive and generative artificial intelligence algorithms and methods
Benefits
- We offer excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage, alongside a strong benefits package that includes catered lunches in our Menlo Park office, commuter benefits, and more.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL, with bonus for TypeScript, Go, or Rust
Visa & Work Authorization
- Current legal authorization to work in the US required; continuing work visa sponsorship available for full-time employees.
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