Founding AI Infrastructure Engineer

New York City, NY · On-site · Full-time Compensation: $250,000–$300,000 + 0.50%–1.00% equity About the Company Our client is a seed-stage fintech building a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchange to trade GPU compute — on the same regulatory footing as licensed futures exchanges like the CME. It buys GPU hours from neoclouds and resells them to startups in its network, while building the software infrastructure to make compute procurement programmable and liquid. It's a six-person team with futures-exchange licensing in process. Founded 2024 · 6 people (Seed) · Industry: FinTech The Role A founding engineering role at the intersection of GPU infrastructure and financial-market technology. The engineer owns the technical backbone of the compute business — the abstraction layer that homogenizes GPU capacity from multiple providers into a unified interface, and the control-plane systems that let customers provision, manage, and pay for clusters. Tech stack: Python, Go, Rust, or TypeScript; Kubernetes, Slurm, GPU provisioning workflows; APIs and distributed systems. Requirements 3+ years of GPU-infrastructure or platform-engineering experience Low-level GPU familiarity — kernels, Slurm, Kubernetes A neocloud or HFT background (strongly preferred) US citizen or permanent resident (no sponsorship available) On-site in NYC on startup hours Nice to Haves A neocloud or GPU-infrastructure background HFT-firm experience Strong tenure and deliberate career progression A big-tech background with real production ownership Why Join Found the technical backbone: no existing playbook — you define how the entire compute infrastructure is built A genuinely new market: a CFTC-regulated futures exchange for GPU compute, on CME-tier regulatory footing A strong founding team drawn from top infrastructure and hardware companies, reporting directly to the founders Early equity at seed stage Details Location — New York City, NY Work policy — On-site, startup hours Compensation — $250,000–$300,000 + 0.50%–1.00% equity Visa sponsorship — Not available; US citizen or permanent resident only Employment type — Full-time