Founding Software Engineer
Signify TechnologyAbout the role
Job title: Founding Software Engineer
Job type: Perm
Salary: $150,000–$180,000 base salary + equity
Role Location: Jersey City, NJ — Hybrid
The Company
Our client is an early-stage technology company using AI to solve one of the biggest information problems facing infrastructure development.
Their platform brings together regulations, technical standards, permitting requirements and agency guidance from thousands of sources, using AI to make complex regulatory information searchable, structured, explainable and actionable.
This is a founding engineering opportunity where you'll work directly with the founders and have significant influence over the technical direction, architecture and product.
Role And Responsibilities
Design and build the backend architecture for a complex AI-powered regulatory intelligence platform.
Build pipelines that discover, ingest, classify and monitor regulatory changes across federal, state and local governments.
Develop structured permitting workflows that translate regulations into clear requirements, decision points and permit pathways.
Build AI and LLM-powered workflows that extract structured, explainable knowledge from complex regulatory documents.
Design APIs and services connecting regulatory intelligence with mapping and workflow products.
Build systems capable of processing large-scale geospatial and regulatory datasets efficiently.
Develop search, retrieval and knowledge representation systems.
Make key architecture and technology decisions across the platform.
Job Requirements
4+ years of software engineering experience with significant ownership of production systems.
Strong experience designing and building search systems.
Experience working with GraphQL and REST APIs.
Experience building AI agents, agentic workflows or LLM-powered automation systems using technologies such as LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Assistants/Responses API or similar.
Strong Python development experience and experience with modern Python frameworks.
Strong experience with PostgreSQL and relational databases.
Comfortable working with large datasets.
Nice To Have
Experience with spatial indexing, GIS or mapping frameworks.
Experience within infrastructure, energy, environmental permitting, utilities or regulatory technology.
Previous experience at a high-growth startup or on a founding engineering team.
Experience building 0-to-1 products and taking systems from concept through to production.
Accessibility Statement
We make an active choice to be inclusive towards everyone every day. Please let us know if you require any accessibility adjustments through the application or interview process.
Our Commitment To Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion
Signify’s mission is to empower every person, regardless of their background or circumstances, with an equitable chance to achieve the careers they deserve. Building a diverse future, one placement at a time.
Check out our DE&I page here
Responsibilities
- Design and build the backend architecture for a complex AI-powered regulatory intelligence platform.
- Build pipelines that discover, ingest, classify and monitor regulatory changes across federal, state and local governments.
- Develop structured permitting workflows that translate regulations into clear requirements, decision points and permit pathways.
- Build AI and LLM-powered workflows that extract structured, explainable knowledge from complex regulatory documents.
- Design APIs and services connecting regulatory intelligence with mapping and workflow products.
- Build systems capable of processing large-scale geospatial and regulatory datasets efficiently.
- Develop search, retrieval and knowledge representation systems.
- Make key architecture and technology decisions across the platform.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of software engineering experience with significant ownership of production systems.
- Strong experience designing and building search systems.
- Experience working with GraphQL and REST APIs.
- Experience building AI agents, agentic workflows or LLM-powered automation systems using technologies such as LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Assistants/Responses API or similar.
- Strong Python development experience and experience with modern Python frameworks.
- Strong experience with PostgreSQL and relational databases.
- Comfortable working with large datasets.
Benefits
- Equity
Skills mentioned
About Signify Technology
We aim to build exceptional teams in the tech space, focusing on two core engineering specialisms: Advanced Software Engineering and AI, ML, & Data Engineering. As a multi-award-winning global staffing specialist, we're passionate about connecting talented individuals with some of the world's top companies. Starting out as the leading niche recruitment experts in Scala eight years ago, we've expanded our expertise to support clients and candidates in building exceptional tech teams across a wider range of specializations. From our offices in LA, Austin, and London, we offer both permanent and contract technology staffing solutions and are dedicated to nurturing the tech community. We share knowledge through blogs and podcasts, organize meetups, sponsor events, and offer some of the coolest jobs on the market. We are a minority-owned business certified by MSDUK and our mission is to diversify and evolve the tech space. We support our clients in their DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) journeys and are committed to transforming the industry by providing opportunities to individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. Our dedication to DEI is reflected in our values and we believe that the strength of a company lies in the diversity of its people. ‘No. 11 on London's Best Small Companies To Work For’ ‘No. 15 on Recruitment's Best Companies To Work For’ ‘No. 31 on The UK's 100 Best Small Company To Work For’ ‘Best Recruitment Company to Work For (£5M - £50M) – Tiara Recruitment Awards’ ‘Recruiter Hot 100 - Ranking #49’ ‘The Sonovate Client Service Award - Tiara Recruitment Awards’ ‘APSCo Embrace award 2023’ 'Certified as a Great Place to Work UK 2023' 'Best Tech Recruiter - Global Business Tech Awards 2023' 'Ryan Adams - Leader of the Year - British Recruitment Awards 2022' Accredited by APSCo, the regulatory body for the Recruitment industry.