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Pluto

New York, NY, United States

$81k - $105k

Aztec

Remote

$140k - $150k

Matter Labs

Remote

$87k - $87k

Aztec

Remote

$98k - $108k

Aztec

Remote

$87k - $150k

QuickNode

United States

$203k - $227k

Salt Technologies

Pune, India

$113k - $165k

Aztec

New York, NY, United States

$62k - $75k

Spearbit

Remote

$200k - $250k

Matter Labs

Remote

$175k - $240k

Lazer

Canada

$133k - $150k

EPS Consultants

Manila, Philippines

$62k - $77k

Raiku

Remote

Caiz

Remote

$74k - $84k

Nexus

San Francisco, CA, United States

$72k - $112k

Pluto
$81k - $105k estimated
NY New York City USA
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Founding Engineer

Remote / Full-time


About Pluto

Pluto builds cutting-edge, developer-friendly tools for embedding web-using agents into applications. We leverage advanced AI/ML, for efficient structured data processing and automation as well as advanced cryptography for secure, encrypted credential management. Our mission is to commoditize secure data access to walled garden ecosystems, empowering a new generation of app builders to "remix" the web.

We are a small team of builders. Our team has previously worked at Uber, Stripe, Lockheed Martin, and YC-funded startups.

The Role

We are hiring a Founding Engineer with a strong background in infrastructure and dev tooling to help lay the foundation for Pluto's systems and products. You'll work across our stack, owning critical infrastructure and helping us scale securely and reliably from day one.

This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role ideal for someone who thrives in early-stage environments. You'll be deeply involved in shaping Pluto's engineering culture, roadmap, and technical architecture from the ground up. If you're excited about cutting through complexity, building tools for developers, and working in the fast-moving world of crypto and zero-knowledge tech — we want to talk.


What You'll Be Doing

  • Designing and implementing scalable infrastructure on GCP (and other cloud platforms as needed)

  • Building internal tooling to accelerate developer productivity

  • Owning CI/CD pipelines, observability, and deployment workflows

  • Writing production code in Go and Rust

  • Collaborating across the engineering team to support systems written in multiple languages

  • Helping shape product direction from a technical lens

What We Look For

  • 4+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on infrastructure or platform engineering

  • Deep experience with GCP and cloud-native tooling

  • Proficiency in Go and/or Rust

  • Strong grasp of DevOps principles: CI/CD, monitoring, security best practices

  • A high degree of ownership — you're comfortable wearing multiple hats and taking projects from idea to production

  • Excitement for LLMs, browser and computer automation, cryptography, distributed systems, or low-level performance work

Nice to Have

  • Experience with browser and computer automation (chrome developer protocol, fingerprinting, anti-bot, accessibility features)

  • Experience with ML and context engineering for LLMs (embedding, reranking, statistical approaches to data retrieval)

  • Experience with advanced cryptography and trusted hardware (TEEs, zero knowledge proofs, multi-party computation)

  • Familiarity with open-source developer tools or SDKs

  • Prior experience in an early-stage startup environment


Benefits

Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions

Health Savings Account with company contributions each pay period

Disability and Life Insurance

Internet and Gym Membership Reimbursement

Remote-First Stipend (Your choice of technical setup and equipment)

Conference Travel Stipend

Quarterly team offsites

Open Vacation Policy



How to Apply

If you're excited about building the future of secure web automation, Please send your portfolio and resume to [email protected].

What is Zero-knowledge?

Zero-knowledge is a concept in cryptography that allows two parties to exchange information without revealing any additional information beyond what is necessary to prove a particular fact

In other words, zero-knowledge is a way of proving something without actually revealing any details about the proof

Here are some examples of zero-knowledge:

  1. Password authentication: When you enter your password to log into an online account, the server doesn't actually know your password. Instead, it checks to see if the hash of your password matches the stored hash in its database. This is a form of zero-knowledge because the server doesn't know your actual password, just the hash that proves you know the correct password.
  2. Sudoku puzzles: Suppose you want to prove to someone that you've solved a particularly difficult Sudoku puzzle. You could do this by providing them with the completed puzzle, but that would reveal how you solved it. Instead, you could use a zero-knowledge proof where you demonstrate that you know the solution without actually revealing the solution itself.
  3. Bitcoin transactions: In a Bitcoin transaction, you prove that you have ownership of a certain amount of Bitcoin without revealing your private key. This is done using a zero-knowledge proof called a Schnorr signature, which allows you to prove ownership of a specific transaction output without revealing the private key associated with that output.
  4. Secure messaging: In a secure messaging app, you can prove to your contacts that you have access to a shared secret without revealing the secret itself. This is done using a zero-knowledge proof, which allows you to prove that you have access to the secret without actually revealing what the secret is.