AI-native business identity, KYB, fraud, and risk platform for banks and fintechs
Last verified August 17, 2026 · Updated daily
What Baselayer is building
Baselayer automates business identity verification (KYB), fraud detection, and risk management for banks, lenders, fintechs, and government agencies. Traditional business verification is slow and manual; Baselayer's platform enhances verifications with state-secretary validation, IRS/EIN matching, sanctions screening, and detection of business officers and registered agents, then handles onboarding optimization, risk profiling, portfolio monitoring, and workflow automation. The pitch is 'instant trust with any business in America' — replacing the fragmented, high-friction manual review that plagues B2B onboarding. As agentic commerce grows, verifying that a business (or an agent acting for it) is legitimate becomes higher-stakes.
Why this matters
KYB/business-identity is a real and growing category (Alloy and others have proven demand), and Baselayer's claim of 1,900+ institutions is meaningful traction for a 2023-founded company. The round roughly doubles its reported equity funding. CEO Jonathan Awad is a vocal, network-heavy NYC fintech founder (frequent founder gatherings), which tends to correlate with strong recruiting energy.
Open roles at Baselayer
4 positions we're tracking. Roles are re-checked daily and removed when filled.
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A role stays uncontested for about four days. Here's the window — and where we put you in it.
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Watching Baselayer
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$20M Series A with total funding jumping to $47M, while serving 1,900+ institutions, signals a scale-up phase. Expect hiring across engineering, data/ML, and enterprise sales as they push deeper into banks and government agencies.
Working at Baselayer
Founded in 2023, Baselayer is AI-native business identity, KYB, fraud, and risk platform for banks and fintechs. They're now people. Working at a AI company at this stage means opportunity to shape your role based on the company stage.
Most openings are based out of New York.
How to actually get hired at Baselayer
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
There's an ATS, but at Baselayer, referrals get priority. Your cold application competes with sourced candidates and internal recommendations.
Who to contact at Baselayer
What to show them
Show you've built fraud-detection or risk-scoring models on real financial/identity data, ideally with entity resolution or graph-based approaches. Familiarity with KYB/KYC data sources (business registries, sanctions lists, EIN/IRS matching) is a strong edge.
A cold email that works at Baselayer
What Baselayer screens for
Understanding the KYB stack (state-secretary validation, IRS/EIN matching, sanctions screening, beneficial-ownership/registered-agent detection) and the manual-review pain it replaces shows you know the space. Referencing the agentic-commerce angle Awad talks about is a bonus.
Customize your CV for the Baselayer role. Matching the job description language helps clear ATS filters.
Don't make these mistakes
Don't confuse this Baselayer with the older data-center company of the same name (acquired by Peterson in 2020). Don't pitch consumer KYC as identical to KYB — business identity (EIN matching, registered agents, beneficial owners) is a distinct problem.
Mistakes that kill Baselayer applications
A recycled CV gets rejected fast at Baselayer ( people). They notice.
Don't open with what you want. Open with what Baselayer is dealing with right now — KYB/business-identity is a real and growing category (Alloy and others have proven demand), and Baselayer's claim of 1,900+ institutions is meaningful traction for a 2023-founded company, and what you'd do about it.
Applying and waiting = silence. Follow up at day five — it roughly doubles your odds of a reply.
Applying to Baselayer? Get the contact, not the form.
The Baselayer interview process
4 stages · 14 days typical · take-home: yes · modelled from similar companies
We don't yet have verified candidate reports for Baselayer. What follows is the typical process for a -person AI company — treat it as a model, not confirmed detail.
Interview stages
Recruiter Screen
Phone or video · 30 min
Basic qualification and logistics
Recruiter or HR
Hiring Manager Interview
Video call · 45 min
Role fit and experience deep-dive
Hiring manager
Technical/Functional Round
Video call · 60 min
Skills assessment and problem-solving
Team members
Final Round
In-person or video · 60 min
Culture fit and cross-functional alignment
Senior leadership
Baselayer take-home assignment
Baselayer includes a take-home exercise in their interview process. For AI roles, this typically involves a practical problem that takes 2-4 hours. Focus on clean, working code over premature optimization. They're evaluating how you think and communicate, not just the solution.
Baselayer interview timeline
Timeline: ~ days. That's about average than the AI median (14 days at people).
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How many jobs does Baselayer have open?
4 open roles at Baselayer, last checked August 2026.
Does Baselayer hire remotely?
No remote roles right now — all positions are in New York.
What roles is Baselayer hiring for?
Baselayer is hiring across Engineering, Sales, Other. The most recent opening is Backend/Data Engineer.
How do I apply for a job at Baselayer?
Use the apply links above, or check our guide to getting hired at Baselayer.
Does Baselayer respond to cold emails?
Not enough data yet on Baselayer's cold email response rates.
Who is the hiring manager at Baselayer?
At this size, hiring is usually run by the hiring manager.
How competitive is it to get hired at Baselayer?
Typical applicant count for AI roles ( people): 100-250 in two weeks. Apply fast.
How many rounds is the Baselayer interview?
4 stages: Recruiter Screen, Hiring Manager Interview, Technical/Functional Round, Final Round.
Is the Baselayer interview hard?
Focus on technical depth and system design, not puzzles. Technical Interview is reportedly the most challenging round.
Does Baselayer give a take-home task?
Yes, Baselayer includes a take-home assignment.
How long does Baselayer take to get back to you?
Around 14 days across the full process.
What should I prepare for the Baselayer interview?
Focus on technical depth and system design. At people, they're testing whether you can operate without process, not whether you memorised algorithms.
Where is Baselayer based?
Baselayer is headquartered in New York, US.
Get Baselayer roles before they're posted
A role stays uncontested for about four days. Here's the window — and where we put you in it.
From $9/month, cancel any time.
Watching Baselayer
0 applicantsRole spotted & verified
1You get the alert
1You've applied
~8Hits the job boards
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