You will join a small, elite team in San Francisco building the real-time pricing and trading infrastructure for the historically opaque private markets. As a founding-level engineer, you will own entire product surfaces, from data visualization to core financial architecture, bridging the gap between complex engineering and elegant product design.
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Full Stack Engineer at Caplight
Join an elite, in-person San Francisco team as a founding-level Full Stack Engineer building the real-time data and trading infrastructure for the $10T+ private markets. This isn't a feature-factory role; you'll have massive autonomy to own product areas from conception to launch, leveraging deep AI automation and high-level design taste. If you are an AGI-pilled, entrepreneurial engineer who thrives on high-stakes financial data and technical ambiguity, this role offers a rare chance to shape the pricing layer of the private economy with competitive compensation and significant equity.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Caplight
Finance
Caplight is building the Bloomberg Terminal of the private markets. We bring pricing, liquidity signals, and company data together so private-markets investors—VCs, secondary funds, and asset managers—can track, analyze, and source opportunities with clarity. Our platform surfaces real-time intelligence across thousands of private companies, and our marketplace connects investors and brokers to engage in private stock transactions. Caplight gives professionals a clear view of valuation and market activity in an otherwise opaque space. We’re building the data and execution infrastructure that modern VC investing runs on.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Design and ship end-to-end features that bring transparency to fragmented private market data through real-time pricing tools.
- Manage complex AI agents and parallel workflows to accelerate product velocity and integrate intelligent features into the platform.
- Architect and maintain robust infrastructure that handles critical financial data for institutional users who require absolute accuracy.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- At least 5 years of full-stack experience with a proven track record of shipping polished, high-stakes products independently.
- Deep AI fluency with the ability to max out advanced LLM tools and agents to scale your technical output.
- Exceptional product instincts and design taste, capable of building beautiful, intuitive interfaces without requiring constant design oversight.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a high-conviction founding team building the definitive real-time data layer for institutional private market participants.
- Enjoy a high-autonomy environment where you are expected to operate as both a sophisticated engineer and a product-minded founder.
- Work in an in-person, high-intensity SF culture that values cross-disciplinary backgrounds and rapid AI-leveraged development cycles.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
I get to know what you’re great at, then find roles you’d never find yourself.Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
I recruit from Jack’s network and make the intro when I spot a great match.And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 15 million jobs daily and helps you discover roles at companies like this.
How does this work?
Jack’s an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack’s network.
If it’s a match and the company wants to meet you, they’ll make the intro. In the meantime, if you’d like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.