# Staff AI Engineer at goodfin

- Company: goodfin (YC W22)
- What the company does: Building the next generation of wealth. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.goodfin.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/goodfin/jobs/TWZ9MRF-staff-ai-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/goodfin-staff-ai-engineer/

## About the role

**Build an AI deep research analyst that can synthesize deal documents, market data, news articles, and comparable deals into actionable, well-sourced insights—while surfacing nuances rather than hiding it.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of software engineering experience, with deep hands-on work in applied AI / ML systems
- Strong fundamentals in Python and backend system design
- Proven experience with LLMs (prompting, fine-tuning, RAG, agentic workflows, or evaluation tooling)
- Experience owning ambiguous, high-impact systems from concept to production
- Comfort making architectural tradeoffs under real-world constraints
- Ability to think at the system level while still shipping high-quality code

Tags: Engineering