Software Engineer

About usOur mission at Credal is to harness frontier AI for everyone building a better future.We accelerate the most complex, sophisticated operations of the most impactful institutions, while weaving security and governance into every part of our product. Our customers include the U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services, MongoDB, Comcast NBC Universal, Lattice, Wise (Transferwise), Checkr, and incident.io among others.We’ve raised over $10m to date with a ton of runway. You’ll join a team of Thoughtful Doers™ from places like Palantir, Cruise, Meta, Uber, and Google.📍 Credal is in-person in our spacious NYC office with meals provided.About the roleWe’re looking for a founding web full-stack software engineer to help us build on our progress, with proven market demand from global enterprises, to a scalable, performant architecture while maintaining our industry leading security posture.What you’ll do:Own aspects of our stability, scalability and security as we onboard more customers and expand our productEnsure we can successfully sync billions of records into our data platform from our customers’ SaaS tools reliablyContribute to architecture, design decisions, and code and product quality strategyEngage directly with customers and our GTM team to discover and solve our customers’ most complex and bleeding edge problemsMentor junior engineers and continue raising our bar for engineering excellenceTake end-to-end ownership of our core products, built on…Frontend: React, Typescript, NextJS, TailwindBackend: Typescript, Temporal, NextJS, Gel/PostgreSQLAI/ML: OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, Gemini, Milvus/QDrant/MongoDBCloud: AWS, Terraform, Helm, KubernetesAbout youYou might be a great fit if you’re a strong, versatile software engineer who enjoys working across the stack and solving whatever technical problems matter most. You’re comfortable working across frontend and backend—or bring particularly deep expertise in frontend engineering—and have strong software engineering fundamentals. You’re excited about Agentic AI / LLM applications, even if you haven’t worked directly with AI before.Eager to join our mission of bringing Frontier Intelligence to the industries and institutions that matter most to human welfare—e.g., healthcare, government, and financial infrastructureCoding comes naturally to you, you do it for fun, and you excel at it professionally4+ years building high-quality software, ideally in excellent engineering culturesStrong engineering fundamentals and the ability to reason about architecture, abstractions, performance, reliability, and complexity—not just specific frameworks or technologiesComfortable working across TypeScript, GraphQL, MongoDB, and Vue; experience with our exact stack is helpful but not requiredExperience helping engineering teams scale—not only by writing great code, but by creating abstractions, systems, tools, and processes that establish clear swim lanes and reduce complexity for other engineersInterested in Agentic AI, LLM applications, and emerging technologies. Experience with MCP or building AI agents is a plus, but not requiredYou set a high bar for craft and execution, and you’re known as a creative, trusted, and resourceful teammate who elevates those around youHigh-ownership—you take projects, outcomes, and customer unlocks from an ambiguous starting point through to a clean finishThrive in fast-paced environments, biasing toward action rather than waiting for someone else to tell you what to do or how to solve a problemCustomer-focused—you care about customers’ challenges and ambitions and are energized by building technology that empowers peopleA doer of things—technical or otherwise—that people have told you were impossible or foolishEnjoy mentoring and accelerating people around you who are hungry to learn, regardless of their level of experienceWe encourage you to apply even if you don’t perfectly match this description but believe you would be a good fit with our values and culture. We embrace driven people who may not fit the mold or check every box.Benefits and work environmentOpportunity to take ownership and accountability of major mission, business and technical outcomes from day one. Exercise your full capacity to create positive change in the world, rather than waiting for permission to advance to slightly less boring tickets or tasks.High quality health coverage, including great mental health benefits, for you and your immediate family. This includes comprehensive and HSA options.Industry-leading vision, dental, life, disability coverage.Regular team activities & offsite events (last year we went to Turks and Caicos for a hackathon week!)Unlimited PTO - and unlike some other companies, we're serious about you taking the time you need to recharge and be the best you can be! We also offer a guaranteed two weeks off during the last two weeks of December when the entire company goes on vacation!A generous housing subsidy for those who choose to live close to the office.Interview processIntro conversation with our leadership team (CEO, COO, CTO depending on the role).Virtual screen.Onsite to meet our team and CEO.References (we check references on everyone at Credal to make sure all your future coworkers are world class and great to be around).More about usWe’ve built the industry’s highest ceiling and most secure Action & Agent building platform for sticky, custom AI workflows. Use cases span countless domains, including: KYC, anti-money laundering, healthcare regulation, climate standards setting, cybersecurity, sales, people, IT, and customer support.Cultural principlesTeam of 13 with 9 engineers.7-figure ARR.>100% NRR.Product docs, case studies, blog, podcast