Dan (CTO) and Max (CEO) are building Allowability to help universities safeguard scientific research amidst drastic federal cuts.

They’ve raised $1.5M, signed a pilot with a major R1 university, and are hiring their first engineer to build the first AI platform for grant compliance (a $10B/yr market).

Must haves

• Significant backend experience
• Experience with data pipelines
• Lives in NYC (or willing to relocate)

Big pluses

• Full stack development experience
• AI-assisted coding (Claude Code, Cursor)
• LLMOps (evals, observability)
• Infra, CI/CD, Docker/K8s
• Comfortable with SQL / schemas
• Secure audit logging, access-control thinking, SOC2 / HIPAA / fintech exposure
• Integrating with complex APIs

You do not need to have every qualification on this list - if this role sounds interesting to you and you’re a fast learner, we’d love to talk.

To Apply

Email dan@allowability.ai or fill out the form below.