Cardinal Gray

Automating lenders' interactions with the DMV

Founding Engineer

$100K - $160K0.50% - 2.00%New York, NY, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Engineering, Full stack
Experience
1+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
Skills
JavaScript, React, TypeScript, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Prompt Engineering, HTML, Software Architecture
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Jack Chapman
Jack Chapman
Founder

About the role

This is a full-time, on-site role in New York City for someone who can build product and drive outcomes with customers.

This is not a role for someone who wants clean abstractions, perfect APIs, or slow roadmaps. You will ship production fixes, deploy automations, talk to operators, and help close deals — often in the same week.

What you’ll do:

  • Own integrations with lenders, vendors, and state-specific processes (often inconsistent and hostile to automation)
  • Debug and harden systems that deal with messy inputs: OCR outputs, missing data, DMV rejection loops, inconsistent county requirements
  • Work directly with customers: gather requirements, explain workflows, manage pilots, and turn adoption into expansion
  • Support live operations when needed
  • Help design the product by being close to the pain: rejections, backlog, chase cycles, etc.

You will be expected to:

  • Write code that directly impacts revenue and customer retention
  • Communicate confidently with collateral teams, ops teams, and decision-makers
  • Be a “founder energy” operator: see problems, fix problems, close problems

You are a strong fit if you have:

  • Strong computer science fundamentals and engineering judgment
  • Real backend experience (TypeScript / Node preferred; AWS + cloud workflows a plus)
  • High ownership
  • Ability to communicate clearly with customers and translate pain into product
  • Entrepreneurial temperament: you like chaotic problems and moving fast

Bonus (but not required):

  • Experience in fintech, lending, B2B SaaS, or compliance-heavy workflows
  • Sales instinct: you can tell what a customer actually needs vs. what they’re asking for
  • Experience working with large enterprise clients (pilots, rollouts, expansions)

About the interview

Our process is:

(1) 30 min behavioral interview
(2) 45 min technical interview
(3) 1 week paid, in-person work trial

About Cardinal Gray

Cardinal Gray
Founded:2022
Batch:S23
Team Size:4
Status:
Active
Location:New York
Founders
Jack Chapman
Jack Chapman
Founder
Muhammad Khattak
Muhammad Khattak
Founder
Grant Pease
Grant Pease
Founder