Software Engineer

Company Description

Forml

is an extremely fast-paced AI/ML startup backed by some of the most prestigious VCs in

the industry.

We partner with top-tier financial institutions and lenders as long-term paying

customers, relying on our platform in production across every single team, every day.

As an early engineer, you'll have real impact as we continue to grow.

Founder backgrounds

: Our CTO Shaine Hirsh made history as the youngest ever full-time engineer at SpaceX at age 17, leading AI at Starlink for two years before starting forml. Our CEO Satchel Hirsh was an applied AI researcher @ CERBERUS (winner of the DARPA SubT Challenge), with a strong background in fintech as the first Data Scientist at a series A startup, and an ML engineer at Discover, all before turning 21\.

Qualifications

Frontend

(experience with at least ONE of the following)

• Angular
• React
• Node.js
• ngx ecosystem

(Strong TypeScript/JavaScript fundamentals are important, but we're not expecting you to know every

framework.)

Backend

(must-have)

• Python (expert-level)
• Flask (or similar Python backend frameworks)
• Redis
• Celery

Infrastructure / DevOps

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Basic familiarity with CI/CD setups

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience at a fast-moving startup
• Exposure to AI/ML or interest in model-serving / applied ML

Technical Skills

• Deep Python experience and the ability to architect backend systems
• Solid frontend experience with at least one modern JS framework
• Comfortable working across the entire stack to ship real product
• Understanding of distributed systems, caching layers, background workers
• Strong debugging instincts - able to track down root causes quickly

Soft Skills

• Great communicator who is a good teammate
• Takes ownership
• Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills
• Thrives in a super fast-paced, high-impact environment

Comp

• Cash \+ equity
• Total comp: $130K-$190K