We're building the first AI-native finance platform for lending
Backed by top-tier VCs and Banks (over $42M in funding across Seed & Series A)
Solid demand - actively engaged with top tier lenders and banks in Australia who are waiting for the platform
Looking for elite full-stack builders who thrive in fast-pace startups
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a tightknit all-star early team
Sydney
Full-time
TLDR;
We're building the first AI-native finance platform for lending
Backed by top-tier VCs and Banks (over $42M in funding across Seed & Series A)
Strong demand - actively engaged with top tier lenders and banks in Australia who are waiting for the platform
Looking for elite full-stack builders who thrive in fast-pace startups
Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a tightknit all-star early team
What you'll build
A modern SaaS platform with smart AI functionality, slick UX, and real automation that delivers on the AI promise
Credit Decision Engines: systems that analyze loan applications with speed and accuracy, turning complex credit policies into executable code
Financial Infrastructure: multi-tenant systems that handle sensitive financial data with reliability and security
Document Processing Pipelines: intelligent extraction and structuring of data from unstructured documents using ML models
Compliance Architecture: audit trails and reporting systems that meet strict ASIC requirements
Who we want
We're assembling a top-tier founding team and we're looking for the brightest engineers with startup experience and a founder mindset. If you're looking for a comfortable job with well-defined tasks, this isn't it. If you want to build and ship at breakneck speed, own massive impact, and shape a world-class product from day one, let's talk.
You need
Mindset & approach
Startup experience and founder mentality - you've built things from scratch, owned projects end-to-end, and think beyond code to the bigger picture




Speed and autonomy - thrive in a high-velocity setting where ideas become shipped features quickly
Curiosity and boldness - comfortable stepping outside your comfort zone, learning new domains, and talking to customers directly
Essential Experience
5+ years building production systems (fintech, payments, or other regulated industries ideal)
Strong JVM expertise (Kotlin or Java) with deep Spring ecosystem knowledge, or deep experience working in other complex backend languages and can pick up language quickly
Proven experience designing and operating distributed microservices architectures
Database design with ACID/audit requirements and strong PostgreSQL knowledge
Cloud-native development with containerisation and IaC (we use Google Cloud)
Track record of building scalable, maintainable codebases for growing teams
Valuable experience
Event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar)
AI/ML integration (document processing, NLP, LLM-based automation)
RAG pipelines, embeddings, vector DBs, full-text search
Realtime collaboration features (Websockets, YJS, tRPC)
Custom UI component libraries / design systems
DevOps experience with GCP, GitHub Actions, Cloud Run
Excellent taste in product and UI design - You have a strong sense of what makes a great user experience and care about the details.
How we work
Ship end-to-end: You own the problem, not just a layer in the stack
High autonomy: You'll have the context and trust to make big decisions
Small team, high impact: No bureaucracy, just high-speed and high-quality shipping
Speed first: We try things out instead of endless planning
Why join Slate
Impact
Your code will directly reduce loan processing times from weeks to minutes, helping Australians access credit when they need it.
Growth
As one of our first engineers, you'll have significant influence on technical direction and company culture. We offer a $2,000 annual learning budget and encourage and support presenting at fintech meetups/conferences.
Culture
Small team, high autonomy, no bureaucracy. We ship end-to-end, value clarity and excellence, and build sustainable systems and sustainable careers.
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📌 Founding Engineer (Senior/Staff/Principal) (Sydney)
🏢 Slate
📍 Sydney