Founding Engineer

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July 29

🗽 New York – Remote

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Pluto

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Cybersecurity • Software • Web 3

Pluto is a company that leverages applied cryptography to bring verifiable data into internet applications. Through its Web Proofs technology, Pluto enables application developers to authenticate and prove data from various web sources seamlessly. The company's offerings include a mobile SDK that verifies the provenance of data and generates zero-knowledge proofs (ZK Proofs) to confirm data correctness. Pluto's mission is to address challenges in internet applications, particularly in blockchain, by creating secure, private, and efficient data and financial systems. The technology allows developers to unlock new capabilities with minimal coding effort, aiming to open up closed data silos of the internet.

2 - 10 employees

🔒 Cybersecurity

🌐 Web 3

📋 Description

• We are hiring a Founding Engineer with a strong background in infrastructure and dev tooling to help lay the foundation for Pluto's systems and products. • You'll work across our stack, owning critical infrastructure and helping us scale securely and reliably from day one. • This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role ideal for someone who thrives in early-stage environments. • You'll be deeply involved in shaping Pluto's engineering culture, roadmap, and technical architecture from the ground up. • If you're excited about cutting through complexity, building tools for developers, and working in the fast-moving world of crypto and zero-knowledge tech — we want to talk.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on infrastructure or platform engineering • Deep experience with GCP and cloud-native tooling • Proficiency in Go and/or Rust • Strong grasp of DevOps principles: CI/CD, monitoring, security best practices • A high degree of ownership — you're comfortable wearing multiple hats and taking projects from idea to production • Excitement for LLMs, browser and computer automation, cryptography, distributed systems, or low-level performance work • Experience with browser and computer automation (chrome developer protocol, fingerprinting, anti-bot, accessibility features) • Experience with ML and context engineering for LLMs (embedding, reranking, statistical approaches to data retrieval) • Experience with advanced cryptography and trusted hardware (TEEs, zero knowledge proofs, multi-party computation) • Familiarity with open-source developer tools or SDKs • Prior experience in an early-stage startup environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions • Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period • Disability and Life Insurance • Internet and Gym Membership Reimbursement • Remote-First Stipend (Your choice of technical setup and equipment) • Conference Travel Stipend • Quarterly team offsites • Open Vacation Policy