Full-Time

Senior Backend Engineer

Backend Engineering

Finvest

Finvest

11-50 employees

AI-powered wealth management with Treasury bills

No salary listed

San Francisco, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Kubernetes
Python
Apache Kafka
Postgres
TypeScript
AWS
Redis
Requirements
  • Have 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer developing and deploying production-level backend systems.
  • Experience with LLM models and AI-driven systems - either from past projects or a strong willingness to work on LLM-powered applications.
  • Fluent in Node/TypeScript, Python, Postgres, and AWS.
  • Proven ability to architect complex distributed system with experience in services like Kafka, Redis, Kubernetes.
  • Experience with performance and optimization problems and eagerness to both diagnose and prevent these problems.
  • Comfortable taking ownership from start to finish, build new systems from scratch, and iterate quickly in a startup environment.
Responsibilities
  • Build Finn, the first AI-powered wealth manager.
  • Design and own the core backend infrastructure, including our multi-agent LLM architecture that powers financial reasoning, simulations, and user interactions.
  • Work with massive financial datasets at unprecedented scale, inventing systems that let LLMs interpret, evolve, and act on billions of real-world data points.
  • Push the boundaries of what AI can do in money management, from autonomous financial planning to market-aware agentic systems.
  • Collaborate closely with frontend, design, and the founding team to craft world-class user experiences that feel magical.

Finvest offers AI-powered wealth management for individuals, giving direct access to U.S. Treasury Bills (1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year) with on-platform liquidity to sell anytime. Users connect and monitor financial accounts to track net worth, while buying government-backed T-bills through the app and receiving guidance from an AI coach to improve financial literacy. The service stands out by democratizing secure, government-backed investments and liquidity as part of a broader suite that includes account aggregation and automatic financial coaching for retail investors. Its goal is to help everyday investors grow wealth and manage finances more effectively through an accessible, AI-assisted platform.

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$2.7M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Treasury yields hit 5.5%, outperforming major savings accounts significantly.
  • Cash account delivers 3.75% APY, FDIC-insured without fees or lockups.
  • Upcoming equities, ETFs, bonds, crypto suite expands investment options rapidly.

What critics are saying

  • Robinhood captures retail investors with zero-commission trades and AI picks.
  • TreasuryDirect's March 2026 app offers free AI-optimized T-Bill liquidity.
  • SEC fines Finvest Scorecard in 3–9 months for misleading AI recommendations.

What makes Finvest unique

  • Finvest enables anytime selling of U.S. Treasury Bills for retail liquidity.
  • AI coach boosts financial literacy and informed decisions for new investors.
  • Net worth tracking aggregates investments, cash, and credit accounts seamlessly.

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Benefits

Remote Work Options

Growth & Insights

Headcount

6 month growth

-4%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

-7%