Job Description
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We're building the first AI-native finance platform for lending
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Backed by top-tier VCs and Banks (over $42M in funding across Seed & Series A)
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Strong demand - actively engaged with top tier lenders and banks in Australia who are waiting for the platform
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Looking for elite full-stack builders who thrive in fast-pace startups
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Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a tightknit all-star early team
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Sydney
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Full-time
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TLDR;
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We're building the first AI-native finance platform for lending
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Backed by top-tier VCs and Banks (over $42M in funding across Seed & Series A)
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Strong demand - actively engaged with top tier lenders and banks in Australia who are waiting for the platform
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Looking for elite full-stack builders who thrive in fast-pace startups
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Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join a tightknit all-star early team
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What you'll build
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A contemporary SaaS platform with smart AI functionality, slick UX, and real automation that delivers on the AI promise
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Credit Decision Engines: systems that analyze loan applications with speed and accuracy, turning complex credit policies into executable code
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Financial Infrastructure: multi-tenant systems that handle sensitive financial data with reliability and security
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Document Processing Pipelines: intelligent extraction and structuring of data from unstructured documents using ML models
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Compliance Architecture: audit trails and reporting systems that meet strict ASIC requirements
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Who we want
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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.
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You need
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Mindset & approach
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Startup experience and founder mentality - you've built things from scratch, owned projects end-to-end, and think beyond code to the bigger picture
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Speed and autonomy - thrive in a high-velocity environment where ideas become shipped features quickly
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Curiosity and boldness - comfortable stepping outside your comfort zone, learning new domains, and talking to customers directly
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Essential Experience
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5+ years building production systems (fintech, payments, or other regulated industries ideal)
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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
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Proven experience designing and operating distributed microservices architectures
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Database design with ACID/audit requirements and strong PostgreSQL knowledge
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Cloud-native development with containerisation and IaC (we use Google Cloud)
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Track record of building scalable, maintainable codebases for growing teams
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Valuable experience
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Event-driven architecture (Kafka or similar)
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AI/ML integration (document processing, NLP, LLM-based automation)
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RAG pipelines, embeddings, vector DBs, full-text search
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Realtime collaboration features (Websockets, YJS, tRPC)
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Custom UI component libraries / design systems
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DevOps experience with GCP, GitHub Actions, Cloud Run
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Excellent taste in product and UI design - You have a strong sense of what makes a great user experience and care about the details.
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How we work
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Ship end-to-end: You own the problem, not just a layer in the stack
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High autonomy: You'll have the context and trust to make big decisions
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Small team, high impact: No bureaucracy, just high-speed and high-quality shipping
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Speed first: We try things out instead of endless planning
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Why join Slate
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Impact
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Your code will directly reduce loan processing times from weeks to minutes, helping Australians access credit when they need it.
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Growth
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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.
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Culture
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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) (New South Wales)
🏢 Slate
📍 New South Wales