Founding Software Engineer

Odin is building the investment infrastructure for the future of private markets.
We believe capital is one of the most powerful tools for shaping the world - and more people should know how to put it to work. Our mission is to make it radically easier to raise and deploy capital so that anyone anywhere can back the companies and ideas they believe in.

Our first product is a full-stack platform for launching and running private investment firms - think Shopify for VC and PE. We handle all the infrastructure: from legal structuring and investor onboarding to KYC/AML payments tax reporting and exits.

Were already trusted by over 10000 angels VCs and founders. We administer over $500m in assets covering investments from pre-seed to series E. This includes household names like ElevenLabs OpenAI SpaceX xAI Anduril etc. but also new companies creating everything from synthetic brains to small nuclear reactors.

Why were hiring

• Were post-PMF and revenue generating launching in the US ahead of a Series A. Early enough that youll shape how engineering works here late enough that youre not gambling on whether the product works.

• Youll own significant parts of the product and ship the things customers feel most. Its a regulated platform moving money across multiple jurisdictions so the work has to be right and it still has to be fast.

• We also want the bar to move while youre here. Senior engineers set the standard through the quality of what they ship how they review and the problems they choose to fix rather than work around.

• Alongside that were rethinking how we build with AI. We use the tools but we know theres a step change available to teams who redesign their whole workflow around them rather than adding AI to how they already work. If youve already done that somewhere else youll have a lot of room here.

What were looking for

• Youve built and run non-trivial production systems and youve learned what works in which situations rather than defaulting to one approach.

• Strong architectural judgement. Most of our code is now written by an LLM which means you need to own the decisions around it: how the system is structured what the patterns are whether the thing being built is the right thing at all. Our stack is Go and if you learn quickly not having written it isnt a problem.

• A serious AI practice. You can talk specifically about how AI has changed the way you build what its actually made faster and what youve shared with the teams youve worked in.

• Directness. You give feedback when something isnt good enough and take it just as well.

• Good instincts about whats worth doing. You know when something needs to be built properly and when it doesnt and you push for the work that makes everyone around you faster.

Probably not for you if

You think the impact of AI on engineering is overstated. Youd rather be handed a fully specified ticket than question the brief. Or the learning curve across finance compliance and multiple jurisdictions sounds like a chore rather than the interesting part.

The people who do well here find that last bit genuinely interesting. Understanding how capital actually moves and what the rules allow in each jurisdiction is most of what makes this product hard to build and hard to copy.

The hiring process

Three stages usually inside two weeks with detailed feedback within 24 hours of each one.

1. Call with Imani our Head of People and Talent. Youll get a proper picture of the role and the company and well get into how you work and how you build.

2. System design session with our engineering team. No leetcode and no take-home. We want to see how you approach a problem and structure a solution.

3. Paid trial day. A real Odin problem with everything you need handed to you. You see how we work we see how you ship.

Working at Odin

Two setups work for this role: London hybrid (three days a week in the office) or remote from elsewhere in Europe with quarterly trips to London.

Benefits

• Health: Private health insurance (Vitality) paid sick leave including support for pregnancy loss and fertility treatments and access to Spill for mental health support

• Wellness: 1000 annual budget for health therapy or fitness

• Parental Leave: Enhanced maternity adoption paternity and partner leave

• Pension: 4% employer contribution with salary sacrifice options

• Time Off: 25 days annual leave 2 wellness days and flexible bank holidays (33 days total)

• Work From Anywhere: Up to 6 weeks per year working from anywhere globally

• Birthday Leave: An additional day of leave

Required Experience:

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