Software Engineer

About Us

Metal is building the world’s most powerful intelligence platform for private market investors. We support deal teams throughout the diligence lifecycle — from market research and sourcing to evaluation and close. Top-tier funds like Berkshire Partners already rely on Metal to move faster and make smarter investment decisions.

We’re growing quickly — expanding our platform and customer base — and we’re just getting started.

If you're excited to transform how private investors work, collaborate, and make decisions, we’d love to meet you.

The Role

We’re looking for a Software Engineer to help us build magical, AI-native products that blend speed, intelligence, and simplicity. You’ll work across the stack — from building fast, intuitive interfaces to designing scalable backend infrastructure — and play a key role in defining how our system thinks and feels.

This is a high-impact role collaborating closely with Metal’s founders, GTM team, and fellow engineers. You’ll ship production code across frontend and backend surfaces, contribute to intelligent agent development, and help shape the core architecture of our platform.

What You'll Do

• Own core parts of the product across both backend and frontend systems

  Design and build scalable backend services with Go, MongoDB, and Vespa

  Implement clean, maintainable UI components using React (Next.js) and Tailwind CSS

  Collaborate with design and product to rapidly prototype new AI-native workflows

  Build and integrate LLM-powered agents into investor workflows

  Work across the stack (FE, API, infra) to deliver seamless, intelligent experiences

  Contribute to architecture decisions and engineering culture as an early team member

  Drive performance, reliability, and usability across the platform

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer working on production systems

  Strong backend development experience (ideally in Go and MongoDB)

  Comfortable working in frontend frameworks like React and Next.js

  Familiarity with building and scaling cloud-native applications on AWS

  Excited by fast iteration, rapid prototyping, and customer-centric development

  Curious about intelligent systems and how to orchestrate agents using LLMs

  Entrepreneurial mindset — proactive, adaptable, and outcome-oriented

  Based in NYC or open to relocating — we believe great product gets built in person

  Bonus

  • Experience working with or around AI/GenAI products

    Familiarity with vector databases (e.g. Vespa, Pinecone) or agent orchestration frameworks (e.g. LangChain, OpenAI functions)

    Exposure to real-time search, ranking, or large-scale data pipelines

    Prior experience in a startup or lean, fast-moving engineering team

    Our Stack

    • Frontend: React (Next.js), Tailwind CSS

      Backend: Go, MongoDB

      AI Infra: Vespa.ai, Model APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc), Agent orchestration

      Infra: Vercel, AWS, GitHub Actions

      Benefits & Compensation

      We believe in hiring great people and rewarding them with competitive compensation. For this role, you can expect:

      Salary: $150,000 – $210,000 USD, depending on experience

      Equity: Meaningful early-stage ownership in Metal

      Health Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage