DiligenceSquared
Engineer - Backend
New York City · Mid
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About the role
- About DiligenceSquared DiligenceSquared is the AI-native consulting firm.
- Our founding team brings deep experience from Blackstone and BCG, and we're backed by Y Combinator and Relentless.
- Our clients include 5 of the 10 largest private equity firms in the world and represent more than $3T in combined AUM.
Responsibilities
- Build new product features and experiences end-to-end, everything from database models to API endpoints, and integrating them with UI components for our web and AI Voice Agent Application
- Design and build new AI-powered modules from scratch (e.g., market sizing, competitive analysis) that become core capabilities of our research platform
- Build and own product foundations (AI agent orchestration, voice AI pipelines, app and API performance, intelligent automations)
- You'll architect the AI-powered engine that orchestrates autonomous research agents and voice AI pipelines to create the next-generation of market reports for investment professionals in Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Private Credit, and Corporate M&A.
- We deliver investment-grade market research and commercial due diligence, powered by AI agents and led by experienced consultants.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional Python backend experience
- Deep hands-on experience with LLMs in production - building reliable agentic systems, not just API calls
- Experience with PostgreSQL and SQL database design
- Experience with background task orchestration and async processing workflows
- Experience with Anthropic Claude API and Agent SDK
- Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks
- Familiarity with vector databases and semantic search (pg_vector, etc.)
- Experience with Supabase or similar Backend-as-a-Service platforms
- Strong expertise building production APIs (FastAPI, Django, or similar)
- Experience building agentic systems with LLM platforms (Anthropic, OpenAI, or similar)
- Understanding of async programming, job queues, and distributed systems
- Background in AI/ML systems or voice AI
- Previous startup experience
- Obsess over system design and think deeply about technical trade-offs
Company info
- Apply learnings from each project into the product, so we're 1% better everyday (Law of Compounding is real. After all, we are founded by investment professionals)
- We're looking for a Software Engineer with deep expertise in backend to help develop the next-generation AI platform for market due diligence.
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