Founding Backend Engineer at Socratix AI (S25) $150K - $200K • 0.50% - 1.50% AI coworkers for fraud and risk teams. Menlo Park, CA, US / Mountain View, CA, US / San Mateo, CA, US Full-time Will sponsor 1+ years About Socratix AI Socratix AI Socratix AI builds AI coworkers for fraud and risk teams — agents that investigate alerts in real time, replacing manual workflows with fast, explainable decisions. Our agents plug into existing workflows and reason across signals like human analysts, helping teams reduce fraud losses, minimize false positives, and scale operations without scaling headcount. We're have very strong customer pull - landing 6-figure deals within weeks of starting the company - and are growing to keep up with demand. We're excited to build out our founding team in the SF Bay Area to share this journey with us. Who We Are We’ve seen this problem firsthand: At DoorDash, Riya led smarter fraud detection and investigation tooling that saved the company $30M+ a year. At Unit21, she built products that made analysts 3x faster. At Cruise, Satya built scalable AI systems for petabyte-scale data. At LinkedIn, he launched enterprise products from 0 → 1 generating millions in incremental revenue. We are alumni of MIT, IIT, and UCLA, with deep expertise in Fraud and AI. We are backed by Y Combinator, Pear VC, and founders/top operators from DoorDash, Gusto, Square, OpenAI, and Roblox. Our Culture: F.O.R.C.E First Principles – We start from truth, not tradition, and solve problems in creative, original ways. Ownership – What you work on is yours to elevate; we take accountability and act with confidence. Relentlessness – We finish what we start, turning obstacles into breakthroughs. Customer First – Every decision is measured by one standard: does this make our customer’s lives easier? Empathy – We respect differing perspectives, design for human needs, and build trust that lasts. About the role Skills: Machine learning, Python, React, Redis, SQL, DynamoDB, Reinforcement learning (RL) Who You Are What We’re Looking For Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science or related field with 2-4 years of full-time experience. Strong experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and API design. Skilled in backend development with Python + FastAPI. 0 → 1 builder mindset – comfortable building from scratch. Thrive in fast-paced startup environments. Nice to Have Startup experience leading significant projects. AI expertise: LangChain, RAG, embeddings, multi-step AI agents, agent evals, & fine-tuning. Strong leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills. Comfortable working independently and covering a large product surface area. What You Will Do As one of our first engineers, you’ll: Design and deliver production-grade AI agents. Partner with large enterprises and cutting-edge startups. Work directly with founders on roadmap and strategy. Drive execution in a high-impact role, and learn what it takes to build a rocket ship startup. Benefits We believe in generous, top-tier compensation and benefits: Competitive salary and equity benchmarked to top tech companies. Paid lunch and dinner during workdays. 100% health, dental, and vision coverage. Commuter stipend. Fitness stipend. Hybrid schedule - in-office 3 days a week. Generous PTO. Regular team events and off-sites. Why Join Us Join a fast-moving YC startup with strong early customer pull. Backed by Pear VC, Y Combinator and founders/top operators from DoorDash, Gusto, Square, OpenAI and Roblox. Huge impact opportunity – define how AI can reimagine financial operations.