# Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack at Pillar

Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack at Pillar in New York, NY. Paying $180k–$300k. Posted January 2, 2026.

- Company: Pillar
- Location: New York, NY
- Pay: $180k–$300k
- Experience: 4+ years
- Posted: 2026-01-02
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/stratoslabsinc/jobs/4074388009
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/staff-software-engineer-full-stack-pillar-6bx6wm

## Requirements

- Product Ownership: You have a proven track record of building products and leading 0 → 1 initiatives
- Full Stack Experience: A strong background in React/Typescript and familiarity with NextJS, and in building complex, performant UIs. Comfortable working across the stack, including back-end API’s and integrations, but with a bias towards front-end
- AI-Enabled Product Development: Experience and interest in building AI enabled products, which leverage AI to solve real problems for customers
- Bias for Speed and Ownership: Value for shipping fast and willingness to problem solve
- Teamwork and Communication: Enjoy working with and leading teams as well as working individually, and are able to clearly communicate with others.

## Description

### Overview

- Role: Product Engineer Lead

- 5 days a week in NYC HQ

- Base salary: $180k-$300k

- Equity: Competitive Initial Equity Package + refreshers

- 4+ Years of Experience

### About Pillar

Pillar is building the next-generation commodity risk management stack for the $10T physical economy. We combine real-time marketdata with AI-powered exposure modeling and automated trade generation to arm operators with precise protection from volatility. From instant execution to continuous monitoring, alerts, and recommendations, Pillar turns complex market risk into a fully managed, always-on hedging engine.

We were founded in 2023 by the youngest macro market-maker at Barclays and a trading systems engineer at Coinbase, and have raised over $20M in capital from Andreesen Horowitz (a16z), Crucible Capital, Neo, DST Global and more.

### What You’ll Do

- Own core product features end-to-end — from concept and architecture to shipping, iteration, and scaling

- Architect and build high-performance UIs that render automated hedge recommendations, track open positions, and show real time marketdata

- Lead the rebuild and evolution of product architecture across the stack—including UI foundations and backend APIs—to enable speed, reliability, and scale

- Work directly with founders, and customers to define product direction and translate complex risk workflows into intuitive experiences

- Lead the development of AI-enabled features, integrating LLMs and model-driven insights into mission-critical operator workflows

- Drive engineering best practices, mentor other engineers, and help shape Pillar’s product and technical culture

### What We are Looking For

- **Product Ownership:** You have a proven track record of building products and leading 0 → 1 initiatives

- **Full Stack Experience:** A strong background in React/Typescript and familiarity with NextJS, and in building complex, performant UIs. Comfortable working across the stack, including back-end API’s and integrations, but with a bias towards front-end

- **AI-Enabled Product Development**: Experience and interest in building AI enabled products, which leverage AI to solve real problems for customers

- **Bias for Speed and Ownership:** Value for shipping fast and willingness to problem solve

- **Teamwork and Communication:** Enjoy working with and leading teams as well as working individually, and are able to clearly communicate with others.

### Nice to Have

- Familiarity with Golang

- Real-time rendering with streaming/websockets

- Prior Fintech experience

### Benefits

- 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity

- 📈 401(k) Program

- ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance

- ⌚ Unlimited PTO and Flexible Hours

- 🍣 Paid lunch, coffee, snacks (and dinner if you’re staying late)

- 🏋️ Monthly Gym Stipend

- 🌄 Regular Team Off-Sites

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