Head of Engineering

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poesis aiMillbrae (CA)

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SENIORITY

Manager

SALARY

$250,000 per year

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About the role

About Poesis Whoever builds the leading intelligence for finance will create far more than returns. Poesis is the AI-native investment firm running autonomous agents that predict markets, construct portfolios, and manage risk. Our founders managed institutional capital at Capital Group ($3T AUM) and led enterprise ML at Goldman Sachs and Amazon. We’re building a new type of firm, where live capital is the training ground for an intelligence that compounds with every signal.

About The Role: We’re looking for an experienced leader to help shape the future of Poesis. As Head of Engineering, you’ll bring strong technical judgment and deep systems expertise to build AI-native systems at the intersection of machine learning and investing. You’ll translate frontier research into production platforms, turning large-scale data, models and agent capabilities into systems that drive investment decision-making. 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:

Help define the architecture and technical direction of the Poesis platform
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
Define platform standards for data architecture, APIs, reliability, reproducibility and explainability
Partner closely with researchers, quantitative developers and leadership to translate research into production
Define and evolve engineering processes that allow the team to ship quickly, reliably and predictably
Recruit, develop and manage a high‑performing engineering team
Required Competencies 5+ years of software engineering experience 2+ years building products or platforms at a frontier AI lab, agentic startup, leading hedge fund, big tech company, or similar 2+ years of leadership and/or management experience
Strong systems design skills architecting distributed, data‑intensive, and event‑driven platforms
Proficiency in Python and SQL, with bonus for TypeScript, Go, or Rust
Success designing and operating modern AI and agentic systems, including LLMs, orchestration, evaluation, and ML infrastructure
Basic understanding of financial markets and a personal or professional interest in investingBS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Competencies
Experience building platforms for quantitative research, systematic investing, or financial analytics, including point‑in‑time financial data and professional data providers such as Capital IQ, Bloomberg, FactSet, or Refinitiv
Familiarity with portfolio construction, risk management, or investment workflows
Deep knowledge of predictive and generative artificial intelligence algorithms and methods

Location

Hybrid: 3 days per week on‑site at our office in Menlo Park, CA. Relocation allowance available.

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. Current legal authorization to work in the US required; continuing work visa sponsorship available for full‑time employees. Working at Poesis As an early team member, you’ll help shape not just the product, but how the company operates. Your decisions will have lasting impact across the business. 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.

Compensation Range: $250K - $280K

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