About Us
Black Ore is building the leading AI platform for financial services. By combining LLMs, proprietary AI/ML and automation we accelerate core workflows for the industry, allow financial services professionals to be more productive and enable consumers to enhance their personal finance. Our flagship product, Tax Autopilot, combines AI with federal and state tax codes & regulations to simplify the tax preparation and review process for Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) and accounting firms.
Founded in 2022, we launched with $60 million in early stage funding from some of the world’s leading investors including a16z, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Trust Ventures and leading tech founders/angel investors including Jason Gardner (Founder and CEO of Marqeta), Max Levchin (Founder of Paypal and Affirm), Tom Glocer (Former CEO of Thomson Reuters), Gokul Rajaram, and Mark Britto (EVP, CPO, PayPal).
Our team has an incredibly ambitious vision to completely transform the way businesses and consumers interact in financial services. We’re looking to hire strong team members to grow the team. Some of the traits we look for are:
- Owner Mentality - Desire to take initiative, identify problems and implement solutions
- Mission Driven - Passion for building AI/ML solutions that reimagine how businesses and consumers operate
- Intellectually Curious - Excitement going deep and building detailed understanding of the function, role, customer and problem space
- Team Oriented - Ability to collaborate respectfully and put the team above the self
The Role
As a member of the Full-Stack team, you will be working directly with UX designers, engineers & product managers, and will be encouraged to influence end to end product design and user experience. You will be responsible for designing, implementing and deploying software components from the ground up through production. You will be expected to be able to work both independently and with your team to deliver software successfully, constructively identify problems and propose solutions, and take on projects that improve your team’s software, making it better and easier to maintain.
* If you define yourself as a “React / Vue / Angular developer” this position is not for you.
Basic Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in Software Engineering, primarily as a Software Engineer or a Full Stack Generalist with a “builder mentality”
- Fluent in modern JavaScript/Typescript, OO and functional programming paradigms
- Fluent working with node.js, databases and linux environments
- Ability to articulate contributions to past projects and to speak in detail on what you have built
- Strong understanding of js quirks and how to avoid common pitfalls around areas such as “this” keywords, prototypes, and memory leaks.
- Strong grasp of CSS box model, flexbox, positioning, and css grids.
- Proficiency with at least one modern frontend JS framework/library
- Experience designing and implementing REST APIs
- Working knowledge of modern web components
- Willingness to work hard and drive objectives to completion autonomously
- Professional experience developing most aspects of modern web applications on both the server side and client side.
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in a low programming language (C, C++, Objective-C, Rust, etc..)
- Experience with critical, 24x7 systems
- Ability to navigate complex code bases
- Experience in a fast-paced, start up environment with ever-changing requirements that require a flexible and open mindset and approach
- Experience with high throughput, multi-threaded systems
- Comfortable using DOM and Web APIs directly (without libraries)
- Active involvement in an OOS project
- Appreciative of a good design and attention to detail
What We Offer (for U.S. Based Employees)
- Competitive salary and equity based compensation
- Employer-paid medical, dental and vision insurance
- Ability to define your own success
- Continuous learning and new challenges to master