Founding Engineer

About Cardinal Gray

Automating lenders' interactions with the DMV

The role

This is a full-time, on-site role in **New York City** for someone who can build product _and_ drive outcomes with customers.This is not a role for someone who wants clean abstractions, perfect APIs, or slow roadmaps. You will ship production fixes, deploy automations, talk to operators, and help close deals — often in the same week.**What you’ll do:*** Own integrations with lenders, vendors, and state-specific processes (often inconsistent and hostile to automation)* Debug and harden systems that deal with messy inputs: OCR outputs, missing data, DMV rejection loops, inconsistent county requirements* Work directly with customers: gather requirements, explain workflows, manage pilots, and turn adoption into expansion* Support live operations when needed* Help design the product by being close to the pain: rejections, backlog, chase cycles, etc.**You will be expected to:*** Write code that directly impacts revenue and customer retention* Communicate confidently with collateral teams, ops teams, and decision-makers* Be a “founder energy” operator: see problems, fix problems, close problems**You are a strong fit if you have:*** Strong computer science fundamentals and engineering judgment* Real backend experience (TypeScript / Node preferred; AWS + cloud workflows a plus)* High ownership* Ability to communicate clearly with customers and translate pain into product* Entrepreneurial temperament: you like chaotic problems and moving fast**Bonus (but not required):*** Experience in fintech, lending, B2B SaaS, or compliance-heavy workflows* Sales instinct: you can tell what a customer actually needs vs. what they’re asking for* Experience working with large enterprise clients (pilots, rollouts, expansions)

Skills

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• HTML
• JavaScript
• React
• TypeScript
• Software Architecture
• Prompt Engineering