Founding Engineer

Strike is a Y Combinator–backed startup reimagining how the world prices uncertainty.

We’re building the first prediction market that lets businesses hedge against real-world outcomes — protecting against uncertainty in the same way they hedge currencies or commodities.

Backed by Y Combinator, Quadcode, Transpose Platform Management, Pioneer Fund, Goodwater Capital, and others.

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⚙️ About the Role

We’re looking for an exceptional founding engineer to join our small, tight-knit team in NYC.

You’ll work on everything from low-latency trading systems to real-time pricing models and the infrastructure that powers them.

This is a hands-on, zero-to-one role — you’ll be designing, building, and scaling mission-critical systems from day one.

You don’t need a finance background. What we care about is deep technical ability, curiosity, and the drive to own complex systems end-to-end.

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🚀 What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain core backend and trading systems

• Architect, deploy, and operate scalable, secure infrastructure on AWS

• Optimize for performance, reliability, and latency in distributed environments

• Contribute to key architectural decisions and long-term technical direction

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💡 What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years of backend engineering experience (startup or high-performance systems a plus)

• Strong AWS experience — you’ve built, deployed, and debugged in production

• Deep understanding of system design, networking, and security fundamentals

• Bonus: background in crypto, trading, or high-frequency systems

• Above all: you move fast, think rigorously, and love hard problems

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🧭 Why Join Us

• Ship ambitious products that blend finance, computation, and real-world impact

• Ownership from day one — your work directly shapes the core market and infrastructure

• Join a team that values precision, autonomy, and real engineering depth

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🎁 Benefits

• Flexible PTO

• Company-provided lunch

• Health insurance

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📍 Logistics

• Full-time, in-person role in NYC (we’re in the office at least 5 days / week)

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident (we can’t currently sponsor visas)\