Product & Technical Co-founder – AI Compliance Platform

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Establish the foundational architecture, engineering culture, and security framework, which includes SOC 2 readiness, tenant isolation, encryption, and audit logging.

• Launch a marketing review prototype into production with an early adopter design partner, followed by the delivery of communications surveillance, trading oversight, audit-ready logs, and reporting; aim to release GA v1 encompassing all core modules except regulatory filings within 9 months, and extend into regulatory filings and enterprise integrations over the next 18 months.

• Oversee the training and ongoing development of the core AI/LLM model, providing robust and highly dependable analysis.

• Manage the explainability layer that generates audit-ready evidence on demand, and ensure the reliability engineering that maintains consistent platform performance in real-world settings.

• Act as the company’s representative to all customer stakeholders and third-party entities, including investors, serving as the technical spokesperson for the venture.

• Transform pilots into ten paying customers and achieve $1M ARR within 18 months, collaborating with the CEO on customer conversion and fundraising efforts.

• Recruit and guide the founding engineering and applied AI team, establishing the cultural foundation of the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Experience in deploying LLM-powered systems in production environments where incorrect outputs had significant consequences — not mere prototypes or demonstrations.

• Comprehensive understanding of applied LLMs, RAG, retrieval, deterministic rules engines, human-in-the-loop workflows, observability, and secure multi-tenant SaaS (SOC 2, tenant isolation, encryption, audit logging).

• Well-defined beliefs regarding explainability and reliability engineering, shaped by direct production experience.

• Preference for systems that maintain consistent performance in the field as opposed to those that only perform well in controlled environments.

• Prepared to function as a principal — setting the technical direction, making decisive decisions amidst uncertainty, and owning the resulting outcomes.

• Strongly preferred: previous experience as a founder, founding engineer, or in early-stage technical leadership; background in legal tech, RegTech, fintech compliance, healthcare, or another high-trust regulated sector; familiarity with the U.S. wealth management ecosystem, including SEC and FINRA workflows, marketing review, communications surveillance, and trade monitoring; direct experience with self-hosting or privately deploying foundation models.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity opportunities.

• Flexible working environment with remote work options.

• Comprehensive health benefits including dental and vision.

• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.

• Collaborative and innovative team culture.