Job description
The financial infrastructure for scaling without surprises.
Peaky is building the brain behind modern finance teams. Our signal-based rolling forecast engine continuously monitors the drivers of your business, detects "assumption drift" in real time, and gives you a Sneaky Peaky into the future to keep your plan aligned with reality.
This isn't faster FP&A. It's a new layer of infrastructure for strategic decisions.
We are looking for our First Engineering Hire. You aren't just filling a seat; you are setting the bar. If you want to ship fast, break a few things (but fix them faster), and see your code used by real companies immediately, keep reading.
The Mission
As the first engineer on the team, you will work directly with the founders to turn vision into shipped code. You aren't just a "dev" — you are an architect, a product thinker, and a problem solver. You will touch everything from the UI components that finance pros interact with to the backend logic that crunches real-time data signals.
I would walk back into the CEO's office, give them the updated number, and we would have the same conversation we had every quarter.
The Stack (Our Toolbox)
We keep it modern, fast, and TypeScript all the way down. On the frontend, we take designs straight from Figma and turn them into crisp, responsive React and Next.js components using TailwindCSS. Our backend runs on Node.js, with DynamoDB handling the heavy lifting and Valkey/Redis making sure everything feels instant. It's all orchestrated via Turborepo and deployed on AWS ECS — solid, scalable, and ready for whatever we throw at it.
The "AI-Native" Twist
We aren't looking for the next Geoffrey Hinton or an ex-DeepMind researcher — we aren't training foundation models from scratch. However, you need to understand how the engine works under the hood. You should have a solid mental model of how LLMs are built and function (think tokens, embeddings, and context windows) rather than treating them like magic black boxes.We are an AI company, and we expect our engineers to code like it's 2026, not 2015. We don't care if you write every line of code by hand. In fact, we prefer you don't.
- You should be a wizard with AI coding assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, opencode, etc.).
- You use MCP servers to give your AI tools the context they need, connecting them to our docs and data to supercharge your development loop.
- You understand that AI isn't a cheat code; it's a lever, and you know how to pull it.
Who You Are
- You have at least 1 year of professional experience. You've shipped real code that real users depend on, so you know what production feels like. We're not counting years — we care that you're past learning how to commit code and ready to learn how to build a business.
- You speak Math. We build financial models, not blogs. You need to be comfortable implementing complex formulas, logic, and data aggregations without your brain melting.
- You ship. You get an endorphin rush when you merge a PR.
- You are T-shaped. You lean deep on either frontend or backend, and you're dangerous enough across the rest of the stack to build a feature end to end.
- You hate over-engineering. You solve the problem at hand with the simplest solution possible.
- You care about the product. You don't just build what the spec says; you ask "does this actually help the user?"
Why Peaky?
- You Define the Engineering DNA: You aren't walking into a messy legacy codebase with 10 years of tech debt. You get to set the standards, choose the patterns, and build the foundation that the next 50 engineers will stand on.
- Master the Future of Coding: While other companies ban AI tools or drown in bureaucracy, we pay you to use the absolute bleeding edge. You will become one of the few engineers in the market who truly knows how to build with AI agents and MCPs, not just for them.
- No "Excel Hell": We are solving a genuine, high-value problem. You aren't building another to-do list app; you are building the intelligence layer that saves companies from bankruptcy. The math is hard, the logic is complex, and the payoff is huge.
- The Vibe: We are currently based at the Kouter in Ghent. It's an energetic, creative environment (no gray cubicles allowed).
- Ownership: We want you to think like an owner because you are building the foundation of the company.
How to apply?
Don't send a cover letter addressed "To Whom It May Concern." Just send us an email.
- Your GitHub (if you have open-source contributions, definitely list them).
- Your LinkedIn.
- A 3-sentence note on the coolest thing you've built recently (and which AI tools/MCPs helped you build it).
careers@peaky.ai