Senior Platform Engineer (New York)

Compensation: $120,000-$200,000 + Equity please

 

About Finster AI 

We’re a Series A stage firm, redefining the future of finance with our AI-native research and task automation platform, backed by leading, global venture investors. Founded by a team of experts from Google DeepMind, Meta AI, and J.P. Morgan, Finster AI provides cutting-edge solutions to help finance professionals unlock unique insights with greater efficiency and accuracy.   

We’re building a well-rounded team with multi-disciplinary expertise across product, AI, finance, UI/UX, and engineering to help in our goal of building AI agents that can read, analyse and integrate disparate sources of financial and market data. We’re building for the distinct demands of institutional investors, with accuracy, reliability and privacy at the core of our product. 

The Role

As a Senior Platform Engineer at Finster AI, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the scalable infrastructure and services that power our microservices-based platform. You’ll have a direct impact on the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our back-end systems, working with cutting-edge technologies and collaborating closely with AI, data, and back-end teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Execution 

• Manage Kubernetes-based infrastructure on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), including Istio for service mesh, Helm, and Tanka.
• Maintain and Implement CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to ensure efficient, automated deployments.
• Contribute to cloud and supporting infrastructure development and deployment (Terraform IaC).
• Implement and maintain cloud network, storage, and security resources.
• Develop our observability stack using DataDog.
• Supporting application and infrastructure reliability efforts.

Leadership & Management 

• Provide constructive feedback, conduct regular 1:1s, and create clear development paths for team members.
• Handle team dynamics, resolve blockers, and ensure engineers are empowered to do their best work.

You may be a good fit if you; 

• Have 5+ years of experience in similar roles.
• Have leadership & management experience.
• Are proficient with Kubernetes (GKE preferred) and familiar with private cluster networking, service mesh (Istio), Tanka, and Helm.
• Are skilled in CI/CD, using tools like GitHub Actions (preferred) for streamlined deployments.
• Have experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform) and container orchestration.
• Have previously built and maintained multi-tenant zero trust infrastructure.
• Are confident with developing, monitoring, and debugging cloud networks.
• Have experience and are comfortable with cloud infrastructure management on GCP

Who You Are 

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools like Datadog.
• Some experience with AWS would be beneficial.
• Previous experience in fast-paced startup environments.
• Knowledge of best practices in cloud security, reliability, and performance.
• A basic understanding of core software concepts (REST API) (Python or Go ideal).
• Previous exposure to single-tenant systems.

Why Finster 

• Impact: As an early-stage company, you’ll be part of the team shaping the foundation of one of the most exciting AI platforms in financial services.
• Exposure: You’ll work directly with senior technical leadership on critical projects
• Growth: Be part of a company scaling rapidly after Series A, with opportunities to grow the scope and responsibility of your role.
• Exceptional team: We are a world class team that combines expertise from AI labs (Google DeepMind, Meta AI) with leading Financial institutions (Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, Rothschild & Co, Aviva Investors, Visible Alpha, Revolut).
• Culture: We deeply value collaboration, intellectual curiosity, disagreement and high performance. 

Benefits at Finster AI 

We’re a growing, cross-functional team that values supporting each other's development. As part of the team, you can expect: 

• Flexible working - Our flexible work model aims to meet the needs of our diverse employee community by making work more flexible, connected, and inclusive. Depending on the role and needs of the team, Finster AI employees have the flexibility to work from home 2 days per week. 
• 25 days PTO, excluding bank holidays 
• Generous healthcare and dental package 

Next steps 

At Finster AI we are committed to building an inclusive environment that attracts and retains the best talent from around the globe.  We welcome applicants from different cultural and educational backgrounds and value curiosity, courage and determination to implement new ideas. If you are a self-starter that wants to have an impact on how Finster grows and develops, we want to hear from you. Eagerness to learn, attitude, and enthusiasm are more important than ticking all the boxes. Even if not all desired requirements are met, but you're very excited about the role, get in touch. 

Please communicate any reasonable accommodations you may need for your interview to your recruiter.

If you believe you’re a great candidate for Finster AI but don’t see a relevant open role, we encourage you to still get in touch.  Send your resume and tell us why you want to join us to careers@finster.ai