Founding Software Engineer

Job Title: Founding Software EngineerReports To: Chief Technology Officer (CTO)Location: Remote within EU to GST timezones, with priority for candidates near our hubs in the UAE and Lisbon.We're building a small, elite team. If you're excited by the list below, we’d love to meet you.Using AI to innovate within a massive marketEarly team of start-up veterans backed by top investorsHigh agency, talent dense, no bureaucracyWho We AreOver $1T in wealth will transfer to a new generation across the GCC by 2030, just as AI reaches the point where it can deliver expert financial advice at near-zero marginal cost. Private banks, meanwhile, are moving in the opposite direction, raising minimums and off-boarding thousands of clients. That leaves a fast-growing affluent and LHNW segment, 64% of bankable wealth in the GCC, without a comparable service.Sora is an AI-native private wealth firm for the modern era, delivering a far more personal and proactive service than today's industry. Our founding team helped build one of MENA’s leading fintechs, after careers at HSBC, Rothschild & Co, Citibank, and Cloudflare. Learn more about them on our website.The RoleWe are looking for a Founding Software Engineer to own major parts of Sora's platform end to end, working directly with the CTO and CPO. You will shape how the product works and feels for both clients and advisors, collaborate with product, design, AI engineering, and accelerate every stage of the software development lifecycle. Thriving in this role means shipping simple, reliable systems, and creating a product that clients and advisors genuinely trust and love to use.What You’ll DoUse your skills and AI to accelerate the whole software development lifecycle of our software (design, develop, test, deploy, operate and maintain).Build client-facing experiences including onboarding and KYC flows, portfolio dashboards, and advice deliveryDevelop advisor-facing tooling that helps wealth managers handle clients, portfolios, and proposals efficientlyCreate the AI agents and workflows behind Sora's planning and advice engineCollaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, data scientists, and wealth advisors to turn discovery insights into shipped productParticipate in the team's on-call rotation as the platform matures, keeping all systems reliableContribute across the company to engineering practices, product direction, hiring, mentoring, processes, and strategyWhat our tech stack currently looks like:RustPostgresTypescript, React and React NativeOpen and closed-source AI modelsLangchainAWS and CloudflareGrafana CloudSentryWhat You’ll BringCritical Requirements5+ years of professional experience as a software engineerProven experience designing, creating and being responsible for systemsStrong fundamentals plus a deep understanding of how the systems you build on actually operateCapable of executing the full software development lifecycleA preference for simplicity over complexity in system design and codeStrong judgment about where to spend your time, balancing quality with shippingAccountable and self-driven, with deep care for your work, your output, and the customers it servesStrong communication and collaboration skills, a great reviewer and advisor, generous with knowledge and very open to constructive feedback.Regular use of AI in your workflow, reaching for AI tools before manually executing tasksEagerness to keep learning as AI meaningfully changes what is possible every few monthsA genuine desire to understand the business and shape the product at an early-stage startup, not just close ticketsProficiency in EnglishNice to HaveExperience with the Rust programming language and ecosystemExperience with web development (HTML, CSS, JS, React) and mobile development (React Native)Experience building on AWSExperience developing AI agents and workflowsExperience in fintech, banking, or wealth managementWhat You’ll GetEarly stage equity: Meaningful ownership, reserved for the founding teamFounding team member: Working directly with our founders in a lean team under a high performance cultureCompetitive compensationEither remote or UAE based (with visa sponsorship)Paid access to the frontier AI tools we build with every day25 days annual leave days plus local public holidays