Software Engineer (NYC)Join Lava's team in shaping how people and AI build, monetize, and work together.
What You'll Do- Ship features and fix bugs across the Lava's surfaces.
- Help extend the Gateway and monetization systems (metering, billing, payouts).
- Write tests, clean up rough edges, and help keep the products reliable as more people use them daily.
- Pair with founding engineers to learn the codebase and take on more independent ownership over time.
- Move fast, adapt to ambiguity, and help shape the culture and processes from day one.
What We're Looking For- 1-3 years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent depth from internships and independent projects.
- Comfortable with TypeScript/Node.js and able to ship production code with guidance from more senior engineers.
- Solid grasp of API design, data modeling, and testing, deep systems design experience isn't expected yet.
- Hands-on AI user who experiments with AI tools and has used an LLM API at least once.
- Experience with payments, infrastructure, or developer tooling is a plus, not a requirement.
- Resourceful and self-motivated, and comfortable in an early-stage, fast-changing environment.
Why You'll Love This Role- You'll be solving one of the hardest and most important problems in AI: building the infrastructure that connects and monetizes AI-native products.
- Work in a small, tight-knit, and highly motivated team that stays focused on outcomes, without unnecessary process or distractions.
- Work directly with a founder who's built and sold a fintech company before, now doing it again at the center of the AI shift.
- Be part of a company operating at the cutting edge of AI, where speed, ownership, and impact matter more than process.
- The media is already excited about what we're building: read our TechCrunch feature here.
- Significant influence over technical and product decisions from day one.
- Help shape how the trust layer, access layer, and financial backbone of the AI web get built.
Location & Work Authorization- This is an in-person role based out of Lava's New York City office.
- Candidates must currently be authorized to work in the United States; Lava is unable to sponsor visas at this time.
If you're excited about owning big problems, building products people need, and having a direct hand in how the future of AI commerce works, we'd love to talk.
