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Founding Engineer

Hands-on, full-stack, real equity. The first ten hires set the bar.

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Founding Engineer

RemoteFull-time
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About the role

This is a hands-on engineering role with broad scope. You'll work directly with the founders on the hardest things we're building — from architecture decisions to features that go live the same week we sketch them.

We're early. Expect ownership, fast cycles, and the occasional weekend deploy. In return you get real equity, a small team, and a product you can shape from the foundation up.


What you'll do

  • Ship features end-to-end — from spec through production — without waiting for a ticket
  • Make architectural calls that shape how the codebase looks a year from now
  • Pair with the founders on what to build, not just how to build it
  • Set up the early scaffolding: CI/CD, observability, on-call, security basics
  • Talk to customers directly when something breaks, and fix the root cause
  • Help us hire and onboard the next handful of engineers

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years building production software, with experience at an early-stage company
  • Full-stack range — comfortable enough on the frontend and backend to ship a feature alone
  • Strong opinions on code quality, lightly held
  • A bias toward shipping over architecting in the abstract

Nice to have

  • You've worked with our stack (we'll talk about it on the first call)
  • You've started or co-founded something — even a side project that didn't pan out
  • You can talk product, not just code

What we offer

  • Meaningful early equity, with a cap table we'll walk through on the first call
  • Salary that scales with the round we're in
  • Fully remote, with optional travel for team weeks
  • Hardware budget — choose your own setup
  • The kind of pace and ownership you won't find at a larger company

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