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Founding Software Engineer, Agents

Powder · Redwood City, CA, US · On-site

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About Powder

AI Agents for precise document analysis. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

As an AI Engineer , you will be at the center of our mission: building production-grade AI agents that automate wealth management workflows. This role goes far beyond prototypes. You will design, ship, and scale reliable AI systems that interact with real clients, analyze complex financial data, generate insights, and integrate seamlessly into advisor workflows. Build production-ready AI agents that handle document parsing, portfolio automation, and client workflows.

What they're looking for

  • A builder with high agency who thrives in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and ships quickly
  • Comfortable with modern AI/agent frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, or CrewAI
  • Proficient with LLMs, agent orchestration, and browser automation frameworks such as Playwright
  • Experienced in Python (our core backend language) and comfortable with React/TypeScript (our frontend stack)
  • Skilled at using observability and evaluation tools like LangSmith to measure and improve agent performance
More about this role

Powder is building AI agents that empower financial advisors to work faster, smarter, and with greater precision. Our platform automates document analysis, portfolio workflows, and client reporting for wealth managers handling billions in assets. Backed by top-tier investors, we’re growing quickly and looking for builders who want to push the frontier of AI in wealth management.

As an AI Engineer , you will be at the center of our mission: building production-grade AI agents that automate wealth management workflows. This role goes far beyond prototypes. You will design, ship, and scale reliable AI systems that interact with real clients, analyze complex financial data, generate insights, and integrate seamlessly into advisor workflows.

Build production-ready AI agents that handle document parsing, portfolio automation, and client workflows.

Develop AI-powered insights and visualizations that make financial data clear and actionable.

Drive the full lifecycle of agent development , from prototype to deployment and iteration, ensuring reliability and impact in production.

Collaborate directly with customers and the founding team to solve real-world financial problems with AI.

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