You will own core technical pillars of an operating system managing billions in transaction value for the global energy, metals, and agricultural sectors. Working directly with the founders, you'll architect agentic systems and data pipelines that transform unstructured trade data into deterministic insights, scaling a platform currently approaching Series A.
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Senior Software Engineer at CommodityAI
Join an elite engineering team building the operating system for the global commodities industry. Backed by Y Combinator and the founders of YouTube and Reddit, this startup is digitizing the trillion-dollar sectors of energy, metals, and agriculture. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will work directly with the founders in San Francisco to architect agentic AI systems and data pipelines that manage billions in transaction value.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
CommodityAI is a modern AI-powered commodity management and agentic operating system built for physical commodity traders, distributors, and operators. It provides an integrated trading and operations management system that eliminates friction in physical commodities trading by automating manual workflows, reducing data entry, and improving visibility into key processes such as shipment tracking, inventory management, and document processing.[1][3] The platform uses intelligent automation agents and collaborative tools tailored to commodity operations to handle thousands of shipments and millions of shipment-related documents, classifying and extracting relevant fields to create a unified, system-ready data layer.[2] CommodityAI brings together automated position management, shipment tracking, logistics, and commercial and finance workflows on a single operating system so that data flows seamlessly between applications, giving teams a shared source of truth, robust audit trails, and AI-powered insights to run trading operations more efficiently and at greater scale.[1][2][3][5][6]
What you'll do
What you will do
- Design and scale robust backend APIs and data pipelines processing billions of dollars in commercial contract value.
- Architect production-grade AI agentic systems and structured extraction pipelines to turn chaotic PDFs and emails into reliable data.
- Execute end-to-end features across a modern stack including React, TypeScript, Python, Go, and Node to deliver clean user workflows.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally as an early contributor or technical leader at a high-growth startup.
- Proven track record of deploying production AI/LLM systems, specifically focused on structured outputs, retrieval, or complex orchestration.
- Strong business curiosity and the ability to synthesize messy customer context into tractable engineering work while maintaining first-principles coding fundamentals.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Direct impact on the global commodities industry, building the digital infrastructure that moves the world's physical energy and agricultural resources.
- Backed by elite investors including Y Combinator (W24), Rebel Fund, and the founders of YouTube and Reddit, with strong revenue growth heading toward Series A.
- High-trust, low-bureaucracy environment where you have a direct seat at the table with the founding team to solve complex, real-world logistical problems.
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
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How does this work?
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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.