San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120K - $200K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at a early-stage hardware-meets-software startup ... Comfort with ambiguity and the pace of an early-stage startup; prior founder or startup experience ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$120K - $200K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at a early-stage hardware-meets-software startup ... Comfort with ambiguity and the pace of an early-stage startup; prior founder or startup experience ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$175K - $225K/yr
About the Role Join an early-stage consumer AI startup as a Founding Engineer -- a rare 1-of-1 role ... Build across the full application, collaborating closely with the founder, design team, and other ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$175K - $225K/yr
About the Role Join an early-stage consumer AI startup as a Founding Engineer -- a rare 1-of-1 role ... Build across the full application, collaborating closely with the founder, design team, and other ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$165K - $190K/yr
Strong founding team: a technically deep founder from the AI world alongside a co-founder with extensive domain expertise in the industry. * True founding-engineer ownership: own your product streams ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$165K - $190K/yr
Strong founding team: a technically deep founder from the AI world alongside a co-founder with extensive domain expertise in the industry. * True founding-engineer ownership: own your product streams ...
New York, NY · Remote
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage AI-native startup building go ... Experience working in early-stage startup environments, ideally with direct founder collaboration.
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New York, NY · Remote
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage AI-native startup building go ... Experience working in early-stage startup environments, ideally with direct founder collaboration.
New York, NY · On-site
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage AI-native startup building go ... Experience working in early-stage startup environments, ideally with direct founder collaboration.
New York, NY · On-site
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an early-stage AI-native startup building go ... Experience working in early-stage startup environments, ideally with direct founder collaboration.
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$200K - $300K/yr
Experience as a founder, founding engineer, early engineer at a Seed-to-Series-C startup, or an FDE is especially relevant. Willingness to travel Monday through Thursday, two to three weeks per month ...
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Manhattan, NY · On-site
$200K - $300K/yr
Experience as a founder, founding engineer, early engineer at a Seed-to-Series-C startup, or an FDE is especially relevant. Willingness to travel Monday through Thursday, two to three weeks per month ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200 - $250/hr
About the Role Join a fast-moving, early-stage consumer AI startup as a Founding Engineer -- a rare ... Build across the full application stack alongside the founder, design team, and other engineers.
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$200 - $250/hr
About the Role Join a fast-moving, early-stage consumer AI startup as a Founding Engineer -- a rare ... Build across the full application stack alongside the founder, design team, and other engineers.
Sugar Land, TX · On-site
$125 - $150/hr
You'll join as a founding engineer working directly with myself (former Google SWE) and my co-founder (one of the US's best known O&P clinicians), and small engineering team we want to grow. You will ...
Sugar Land, TX · On-site
$125 - $150/hr
You'll join as a founding engineer working directly with myself (former Google SWE) and my co-founder (one of the US's best known O&P clinicians), and small engineering team we want to grow. You will ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$200K - $300K/yr
Experience as a founder, founding engineer, early engineer at a Seed-to-Series-C startup, or an FDE is especially relevant. Willingness to travel Monday through Thursday, two to three weeks per month ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$200K - $300K/yr
Experience as a founder, founding engineer, early engineer at a Seed-to-Series-C startup, or an FDE is especially relevant. Willingness to travel Monday through Thursday, two to three weeks per month ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$150 - $200/hr
About the job Clusia is led by Reed Switzer, founder of Hopscotch, a B2B payments startup acquired ... As a founding engineer, you'll own important parts of the product and company from the beginning ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$150 - $200/hr
About the job Clusia is led by Reed Switzer, founder of Hopscotch, a B2B payments startup acquired ... As a founding engineer, you'll own important parts of the product and company from the beginning ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site +1
You'll spend more time debating product decisions with the founder to turn ambitious ideas into ... As Athena's first Founding Engineer, you'll help define what AI-native education looks like. You'll ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site +1
You'll spend more time debating product decisions with the founder to turn ambitious ideas into ... As Athena's first Founding Engineer, you'll help define what AI-native education looks like. You'll ...
Houston, TX · On-site
$125 - $150/hr
You'll join as a founding engineer working directly with myself (former Google SWE) and my co-founder (one of the US's best known O&P clinicians), and small engineering team we want to grow. You will ...
Houston, TX · On-site
$125 - $150/hr
You'll join as a founding engineer working directly with myself (former Google SWE) and my co-founder (one of the US's best known O&P clinicians), and small engineering team we want to grow. You will ...
Palo Alto, CA · On-site
$150 - $200/hr
The founding team previously ran engineering and product at a company they helped scale from under ... Experience inside a venture-backed startup, ideally as a founder or early engineer. Equivalent ...
Palo Alto, CA · On-site
$150 - $200/hr
The founding team previously ran engineering and product at a company they helped scale from under ... Experience inside a venture-backed startup, ideally as a founder or early engineer. Equivalent ...
New York, NY · On-site
$180K - $250K/yr
AI, Marketplace, Consumer, B2B, Education The Role As a founding engineer, you'll take full ... Track record shipping a product from zero to one, whether at a high-growth startup, as a founder ...
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New York, NY · On-site
$180K - $250K/yr
AI, Marketplace, Consumer, B2B, Education The Role As a founding engineer, you'll take full ... Track record shipping a product from zero to one, whether at a high-growth startup, as a founder ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $220K/yr
Previous experience as a founder or early-stage engineer at a startup. * Familiarity with ... Equity participation as a founding team member. Location * San Francisco, CA - fully on-site, 5 ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $220K/yr
Previous experience as a founder or early-stage engineer at a startup. * Familiarity with ... Equity participation as a founding team member. Location * San Francisco, CA - fully on-site, 5 ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$200 - $250/hr
AI, Marketplace, Consumer, B2B, Education The Role As a founding engineer, you'll take full ... Track record shipping a product from zero to one, whether at a high-growth startup, as a founder ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$200 - $250/hr
AI, Marketplace, Consumer, B2B, Education The Role As a founding engineer, you'll take full ... Track record shipping a product from zero to one, whether at a high-growth startup, as a founder ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $220K/yr
Previous experience as a founder or early-stage engineer at a startup. * Familiarity with ... Equity participation as a founding team member. Location * San Francisco, CA -- fully on-site, 5 ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$150K - $220K/yr
Previous experience as a founder or early-stage engineer at a startup. * Familiarity with ... Equity participation as a founding team member. Location * San Francisco, CA -- fully on-site, 5 ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$201K/yr
Work directly with the PM/designer and founder to shape product direction and priorities. Raise the ... Early or founding engineer experience. Experience at FAANG or other Big Tech companies in addition ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
$201K/yr
Work directly with the PM/designer and founder to shape product direction and priorities. Raise the ... Early or founding engineer experience. Experience at FAANG or other Big Tech companies in addition ...
You'll spend more time debating product decisions with the founder to turn ambitious ideas into ... As Athena's first Founding Engineer, you'll help define what AI-native education looks like. You'll ...
You'll spend more time debating product decisions with the founder to turn ambitious ideas into ... As Athena's first Founding Engineer, you'll help define what AI-native education looks like. You'll ...
Austin, TX · On-site
You will work directly with the Founder and partner closely with Product and Ops to translate real ... As a Founding Engineer, your mission is to turn AI and engineering effort into reliable, scalable ...
Austin, TX · On-site
You will work directly with the Founder and partner closely with Product and Ops to translate real ... As a Founding Engineer, your mission is to turn AI and engineering effort into reliable, scalable ...
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| Aspect | Founder Founding Engineer | CTO |
|---|---|---|
| Required credentials | Technical expertise, startup experience | Technical background, leadership skills |
| Work environment | Early-stage startup, hands-on role | Growing company, strategic leadership |
| Employer and industry usage | Startup founders, tech companies | Established companies, tech industry |
| Common search intent | Understanding startup technical roles | Leadership in tech companies |
The Founder Founding Engineer is typically a technical co-founder involved in building the product from the ground up in a startup environment. In contrast, a CTO often holds a leadership role overseeing technology strategy in more established or growing companies. While both roles require strong technical skills, the Founding Engineer is more hands-on and involved in daily development, whereas the CTO focuses on strategic planning and team management.
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San Francisco, CA • On-site
$120K - $200K/yr
Full-time
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