Backend Engineer - Engineering & Quant Talent

💼 Hiring: Backend Engineer - Engineering & Quant Talent - Company not provided 📍 Palo Alto | 🕐 Posted 17 hours ago - October 5, 2026 | 💰 Base up to $300K + equity | 🧑‍💻 Not provided | 🔗 Backend / AI / Data / Live trading A well-capitalised AI startup is hiring strong backend engineers for a small team whose prediction technology is already used in live trading. The employer wants people who have shipped systems end to end and can apply statistical judgment to real market data. 📋 Responsibilities include: - Build the data infrastructure behind a new trading signal - Develop research tools with AI and quantitative researchers - Take an idea through to automated execution - Own complete systems, influence the work, and make technical decisions - See how what is built performs in real markets 🔑 Requirements set by the company: - Strong backend engineering, with projects taken personally from idea to production - Sound statistical judgment applied to busy real-world data - Curiosity about markets and the ability to deliver independently - Title and academic background are not the deciding factors; what has been built and how problems are approached matter more 💡 Perks & Benefits: - Base compensation up to $300K, a very attractive equity component, and other benefits - Team of around a dozen people, with scope for technical ownership - Colleagues with experience from leading AI labs and quantitative trading firms - Backed by established venture investors 🌍 Location: - Palo Alto 📩 To apply: Message Becca Combe MIRP CertRP on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/becca-combe-mirp-certrp-87b6b549. Introductions are also welcome. 🔗 Original post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/becca-combe-mirp-certrp-87b6b549_hiring-quantitativetrading-hft-share-7512907869906845696-L2M6 📌 New here? Subscribe and mute notifications to avoid noise. 🔎 Search by role or skill, or check the pinned messages for a short vacancy list. ⚠️ DYOR! I do not verify every job. Requests to download and run files or make a payment are major scam warning signs. 🚩 ❗️ I am not hiring. I only share fresh Web3 jobs posted by others. #NFA #DYOR 🌎 All my other social media! Subscribe!👇 💡 Intern/Junior Web3/Crypto/Blockchain Roles DAILY 📱 Allweb3jobs on Twitter/X 📱 Allweb3jobs on LinkedIn 📱 Coinmarketcap token analysis 🪙 Binance token analysis 💬 Want to promote something or just ask a question? Feel free to reach out: @crypto_vazima