Alinea

Automated investing for the next generation 💸

Head of Engineering

$180K - $250K / 1.50% - 3.00%
Location
New York, NY, US
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
3+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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Anam Lakhani
Anam Lakhani
Founder

About the role

About Alinea

Alinea Invest, an AI-powered wealth management app for GenZ, raised $15.5M+ to date and just closed a Series A led by Play Ventures, with investors including Y Combinator, F7 Ventures, Worklife Ventures, Kima Ventures, Harvard, Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox cofounder), ex-Robinhood employees. Alinea’s mission is to redefine wealth management for the next generation with AI-powered personalization tailored to every stage of your journey. Today, 1M+ investors use Alinea: 92% are female and 70% are GenZ's (avg age: 22). The company grew 6x YoY in 2024 to $6M in net revenue run-rate with a team of 10. The startup was founded in 2021 by Anam Lakhani & Eve Halimi (Forbes Under 30) (ex Goldman, Citi), who met at Barnard College/Columbia University and have been working on the problem for 4+ years. The app is available here.

We make building wealth feel approachable, personalized, and community-driven. Now, we’re looking for a true builder to help us take our product and team to the next level.

What You’ll Do

Own & Ship: Architect, build, and launch core features — from onboarding and personalized investing plans to auto-invest and beyond.

Collaborate & Lead: Work closely with the founders, designers, and growth team to shape product decisions and move fast.

Set Culture & Standards: Help define what great engineering looks like at Alinea. Create a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and high execution.

Move Like a Founder: Make high-impact decisions, move quickly with conviction, and care deeply about the details — because this is your company too.

You Might Be a Fit If You’ve Ever...

Built From Scratch: Launched a product, personal project, or MVP that people actually used.

Made It Work: Tackled an “impossible” problem with creativity and scrappiness — duct-taping APIs, debugging SwiftUI quirks, or teaching yourself a stack overnight.

Thrived in Chaos: Performed best in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where action > process.

Obsessed Over UX: Cared just as much about how the product feels as how the code is written.

Spoken Up: Had strong product opinions and weren’t afraid to share them.

Our Tech Stack

Frontend: Swift + SwiftUI

Backend: Node.js (Express) + TypeScript

Database & Infrastructure: MongoDB + AWS (EB, EC2, CloudWatch, CodeDeploy)

Why Join Us?

Be part of a mission-driven company revolutionizing how a generation invests.

Join early and help shape the product, team, and culture from the ground up.

Competitive compensation and equity — you’ll be on the cap table.

A team that values speed, ambition, and thoughtful execution.

Bonus Questions (Optional but Encouraged):

  • What’s the scrappiest thing you’ve built from 0 to 1?
  • What’s a task or goal you were given that felt impossible — but you found a way to make it happen?

If this sounds like you, we’d love to chat. Let’s build the future of investing together

About Alinea

Alinea is an investing app for GenZs. We’re a Y Combinator backed start-up and have raised $5.5M from top investors including Goodwater Capital, F7 Ventures, and GFR.

We are looking to build out a team of passionate and driven individuals who want to make an impact. Come join us!

Alinea
Founded:2021
Batch:W21
Team Size:8
Status:
Active
Location:New York
Founders
Eve Halimi
Eve Halimi
Founder
Anam Lakhani
Anam Lakhani
Founder