# Founding Engineer (NYC)

About Us Slate is pioneering a vertical AI agent stack that plugs into users alpha sources, synthesizes information and autonomously executes complex on-chain transaction flows from language commands. We're backed by Blockchain Capital (investor in Ethereum, Coinbase, Eigenlayer, Worldcoin, Aave, ZkSync, etc). We currently support: Swapping, bridging and perpetuals protocols across Base, Solana, Hyperliquid, Arbitrum and Mainnet Various DeFi protocols across EVM chains Functionality for multi step actions (i.e. bridge from x to y then swap into z) A number of automation types (i.e. condition my swap on gas decreasing x%, copy trade wallet 0xy, etc) We will support all crypto actions, protocols, chains and automations in the product's end-state. Stanford Blockchain Demo Video (7 min) X Demo Video (2 min) Another X Demo Video (30 sec) About the role: Our eventual hire will be a high agency, clear communicator and lifelong learner who can design and build complex, yet maintainable, systems in half the time that most competent people think possible. Expect talented, motivated, intense, and interesting coworkers who are the same. The product has never been built before and i

- **Id**: 3786127
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/slate-founding-engineer-nyc>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T03:36:15Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T03:36:15Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3784
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cryptocurrencies

## Company

- **Id**: 4511206
- **Name**: Precursorlabs
- **Domain**: precursorlabs.org
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/precursorlabs>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Salary

- **Min**: 140000
- **Max**: 180000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 180000

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **DeFi** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Smart Contracts** — Optional: no
- **Aave** — Optional: yes
- **Arbitrum** — Optional: yes
- **ChatGPT** — Optional: yes
- **Claude** — Optional: yes
- **Cursor** — Optional: yes
- **EigenLayer** — Optional: yes
- **Ethereum** — Optional: yes
- **GitHub** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Solana** — Optional: yes
- **TypeScript** — Optional: yes
- **ZkSync Era** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T03:36:15Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 180000
- **Is top pay**: no

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