About Aqua

Aqua is the operating system for wealth channel alternatives. We are building the platform for independent broker-dealers (IBDs) and independent financial advisors (RIAs) to invest in alternative assets. We are on track to process $5B in new transactions for 2025, with customer logos including some of the largest RIAs/BDs in the nation and asset managers including Blackstone, Apollo, JLL, Blue Owl, etc.

About the Role

We're hiring a talented and dynamic founding engineer to help us reimagine how alternative investments are managed. The alternative investment industry is notoriously manual and operationally complex—we're building technology to change that.

You'll be responsible for:

Developing our core product that streamlines complex investment workflows for clients
Building intelligent automation systems
Creating the technical foundation that enables institutional-quality service delivery at scale
Owning end-to-end projects from conception to deployment, working directly with the CTO
Shaping our technical architecture and engineering culture as a founding team member

This is a rare opportunity to define how a modern alternative investment platform should work, building both client-facing products and the operational infrastructure that makes scalable service possible.

Who You Are

3-5+ years building scalable applications, ideally at fast-growing startups
Product-minded—you stay connected to users and business context, using technology to solve real pain points
Thrive in high-autonomy, ambiguous environments and move fast
Measure success by organizational impact, not lines of code
Write robust, high-quality code and design scalable, reliable systems
Comfortable working across the stack when needed
Experienced with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems architecture
Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Familiar with AI-driven applications and agentic workflows
Willing to roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to solve problems

Bonus Points:

Experience architecting and building AI applications or agents
Strong UI/UX intuition and have built polished interfaces

Our Stack

Frontend: Angular, React
Backend: Python, Express (Node.js)
Infrastructure: AWS, Terraform
Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL

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