### **Who we are**
We exist to make investing in the private markets as easy as Robinhood did for
public stocks. More and more people invest in private equity and venture
capital every day. Even though this asset class has been around for decades,
it wasn't built to handle this volume of investors. Signing up for Robinhood?
It takes two minutes. Investing in a VC fund? You've got to fill out a
200-question questionnaire each time that you make an investment. The forms
aren't standardized and not every question applies to every investor.
Investors miss questions or answer the wrong ones and then have to redo the
entire thing.
We built a TurboTax-style workflow for investors to only see the questions
that matter to them and see every question that matters to them to make fund
closing (i.e. the process of investing into a VC fund) easy. Our world record
document completion time is two minutes.
That may sound boring but we've processed billions of dollars for thousands of
investors. And by having an investor run through our workflow, we capture
their identity so we can allow them to repurpose it wherever they'd like in
the future. We call this an "investor passport" and it's the whole reason we
built this business. This is the first fund workflow that we're automating.
### **The problems you’ll solve**
Passthrough’s customers and partners include large institutional fund
managers, banks, and law firms who have sophisticated requirements. In order
to work with them, we need to embody security, IT, and compliance excellence.
We have big goals and limited time and resources. You will need to help
empower the engineering team to be more productive.
We’ve already helped our customers raise billions of dollars and with your
help we will increase that to trillions. Our customers are counting on us to
safeguard their most sensitive information and help them raise money in a
usually time sensitive process. As such, it’s crucial that we be secure and
reliable.
This role will be in-office 2 days a week on average.
### **First year roadmap**
The tentative roadmap for the first year is as follows. We will work together
to figure out the details but at a high level these are our priorities for the
first year, with each project taking roughly a quarter.
**Projects** :
* ISO Audit
* Automate compliance and IT
* IaC
* Improve engineering productivity
### **Technologies we use**
* Google Cloud Platform
* Serverless architecture - Cloud Run, Cloud Functions
* Enterprise APIs, such as Docusign and Sendgrid
* Python
* JAMF
* Linux and MacOS
* Docker
* Postgres
* Django/Django REST
### **The team you’ll work with**
The engineering team is currently a close-knit group of 6 that are a mix of
NYC-based and remote. We know how to build engineering, product, and revenue
generating businesses in this space. We’re fast paced and highly
collaborative. Engineering plays a critical role in product decisions and
works closely with the founders and all departments. We work in 2 week-long
sprints, where we decide which projects the team should focus on and which
projects we personally would like to work on. This gives us all autonomy to
direct our day-to-day tasks in addition to our larger career goals.
### **Qualifications**
_Required_
* Expert in Google Cloud Platform
* Experience managing and implementing InfoSec policies
* Python
* Terraform
* Familiarity with SQL
* Ability to learn and adapt quickly
* Comfort with ambiguity in a fast-growing startup
_Desired_
* Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or related frameworks
* Experience managing and implementing IT policies
* CI/CD
* Clear, concise communication skills
* Enthusiasm to be stretched beyond a standard engineering role
* Interest or experience in financial or wealth tech
### **What to expect in the hiring process**
We go through the same interview steps for all engineers to ensure equity in
our hiring process. All roles also require a background check.
Our process is designed to learn as much about each candidate as possible, as
well as to give candidates access to our team and learn about what it's like
to work at Passthrough.
1. _Initial screen_ : Have a quick 20-30 minute chat with our CTO and co-founder Alex to learn more about each other
2. _Technical screen_ : A small take-home exercise to implement a new service with Terraform and Google Cloud, followed by technical debrief.
3. _On-site Interview_ : One more 45-minute technical interview. Followed up by 2 separate 30-minute meetings with the other co-founders, Tim and Ben.
4. _Get a decision_ : We’ll get back to you within a week on what’s next
*Please note that while this position offers a hybrid schedule, the first week of onboarding will be conducted in person in New York City.
