Founding Software Engineer - Ventures Team

Overview:

Tower Research Ventures (TRV) is the venture arm of Tower Research Capital. TRV is hiring a Founding Software Engineer to help scale TRV’s incubation effort. The role will support TRV incubations and TRV portfolio companies with any and all engineering needs required to succeed. 

Responsibilities:

• Act as a ‘zero to one’ engineer on a wide variety of startups.
• Scope the technical feasibility of projects that TRV decides to start/invest in.
• Be responsible for building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) until we hire a dedicated team for the company.
• Drive the recruiting and interview process for hiring this dedicated team and handle the offloading of your code.
• Once we have sufficient resources dedicated to the company, you will begin the process again on a new company, continue working on the previous one, or do project based work for our portfolio companies until we have a new incubation.
• Other responsibilities may include helping TRV evaluate startups, source companies, and write blog content.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong technical background with 6+ years of full-time engineering experience (Backend or ML/AI experience preferred).
• Experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines and MLOps for automating model deployments.
• Skilled in using Linux, SQL, Git, and BASH scripting.
• Strong knowledge of Python (Pytorch/Tensorflow).
• Prior experience designing and implementing sequence and time series models is a plus.
• The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Anticipated annual base salary range $175,000 - $250,000, plus eligible for discretionary bonus.

Benefits:

Tower’s headquarters are in FiDi, the heart of downtown Manhattan, at the historic Equitable Building. While we work hard, Tower’s cubicle-free workplace, jeans-clad workforce, and well-stocked kitchens reflect the value the firm places on quality of life. Benefits include:

• 401(k) with company matching
• 5 weeks of paid vacation per year plus 11 paid holidays
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
• Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
• Free events and workshops
• Donation matching program

Tower Research Capital is an equal opportunity employer.