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EQL Tech

Founding GTM Engineer

Phoenix, AZ

$120K - $170K/yr

Founding GTM Engineer (Series A Fintech / EdTech) Location: San Francisco, CA or Phoenix, AZ (In-Person, Full Time) | Seniority: Founding / Senior IC | Equity: Meaningful Founding Stake The Mission:

EQL Tech

Founding GTM Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$120K - $170K/yr

Founding GTM Engineer (Series A Fintech / EdTech) Location: San Francisco, CA or Phoenix, AZ (In-Person, Full Time) | Seniority: Founding / Senior IC | Equity: Meaningful Founding Stake The Mission:

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EQL Tech

Infrastructure Engineer

Phoenix, AZ

$125K - $175K/yr

You will work alongside top talent, including a founding engineer who did AI research at MILA and at Elon Musk's SpaceX school, a Head of Risk from Mercury, Stripe, and Circle, and a Payments ...

EQL Tech

AI Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$125K - $175K/yr

You will work alongside top talent, including a founding engineer who did AI research at MILA and at Elon Musk's SpaceX school, a Head of Risk from Mercury, Stripe, and Circle, and a Payments ...

EQL Tech

AI Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$125K - $175K/yr

You will work alongside top talent, including a founding engineer who did AI research at MILA and at Elon Musk's SpaceX school, a Head of Risk from Mercury, Stripe, and Circle, and a Payments ...

Inficare Technologies

Lead AI Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$99K - $131K/yr

Experience as a founding engineer or early technical leader in AI-driven products. * Demonstrated success delivering technically complex autonomous systems that customers actively rely on.

EQL Tech

Infrastructure Engineer

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$125K - $175K/yr

You will work alongside top talent, including a founding engineer who did AI research at MILA and at Elon Musk's SpaceX school, a Head of Risk from Mercury, Stripe, and Circle, and a Payments ...

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EQL Tech

Founding Marketplace Operations Lead

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$120K - $170K/yr

Founding Marketplace Operations Lead Location: San Francisco, CA or Phoenix, AZ (In-person ... With $16M raised from top-tier VCs, the team is composed of elite engineers and operators from ...

Rosendin Electric, Inc.

Engineer III

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

Since our founding over 100+ years ago, Rosendin has been driven to positively impact the ... The Engineer III is a senior engineering position responsible for providing technical engineering ...

Rosendin

Engineer III

Phoenix, AZ

Since our founding over 100+ years ago, Rosendin has been driven to positively impact the ... The Engineer III is a senior engineering position responsible for providing technical engineering ...

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Rosendin Electric, Inc.

Engineer III

Phoenix, AZ

Since our founding over 100+ years ago, Rosendin has been driven to positively impact the ... The Engineer III is a senior engineering position responsible for providing technical engineering ...

APS

Fire Mitigation Engineer II

Phoenix, AZ

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the ... Performs engineering tasks requiring skills and experience gained through application of ...

LangChain, Inc

Deployed Engineer (Phoenix)

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$155K - $360K/yr

... founding/product engineering), ideally in a startup or scale-up * Strong Python, JavaScript and systems fundamentals * Have designed agent-based or LLM-powered applications beyond simple API calls ...

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A Founding Engineer is one of the first technical hires at a startup, responsible for building the company's core products and setting the foundation for its technology stack. They work closely with the founders, making key architectural decisions, writing production-ready code, and often wearing multiple hats across engineering, product, and strategy. This role requires a mix of deep technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and adaptability to thrive in a fast-paced, early-stage environment.

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Founding GTM Engineer

EQL Tech

Phoenix, AZ

$120K - $170K/yr

Full-time

Posted 18 hours ago

Job description

Founding GTM Engineer (Series A Fintech / EdTech)

Location: San Francisco, CA or Phoenix, AZ (In-Person, Full Time) | Seniority: Founding / Senior IC | Equity: Meaningful Founding Stake

The Mission: Architecting the Financial Rails for the $900B School Choice Movement.

We are an exclusively retained partner for a high-growth startup building the infrastructure for Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). Currently, the $900B US public education budget is being unlocked, giving parents direct control of ~$7,500 per child, per year.

This company is building the specialized charge card, reimbursement engine, and vendor marketplace that makes this autonomy possible. With $16M raised from top-tier VCs and a team that has already rejected acquisition offers, this is a "life's work" commitment for a founding operator.

The Team: High-Density Talent & Intensity

You will join a full-time in-person culture in San Francisco or Phoenix. You will work alongside:

  • Founders: A former Goldman Sachs Quant and an engineer who built global-scale computer vision systems at age 19.
  • Engineering & Risk: Former leads and AI researchers from Stripe, Mercury, SpaceX (Ad Astra), Microsoft, and Circle.
  • Policy & Community: The former Deputy Director of a gold-standard state ESA department and leading national school choice advocates.
The Role: GTM as an Engineering Discipline

This is not a traditional sales or marketing role. We are looking for a Founding GTM Engineer to build a community-led growth engine from hundreds of families to tens of thousands.

  • Engineer Acquisition Loops: Move beyond paid acquisition to build compounding, community-led flywheels through homeschool co-ops, education pods, and micro-influencers.
  • Live in the Parent Psyche: You will spend real time in the field with families to understand what drives trust and triggers adoption - converting those insights into concrete GTM decisions, not decks.
  • Data Rigor: You will instrument funnels, set up tight feedback loops, and analyze cohort/retention curves with the precision of a software engineer.
  • Own Onboarding Conversion: You will be the primary owner of the onboarding funnel, driving toward a critical 500-account target and beyond

Requirements

Ideal Candidate Profile

We are looking for a rare combination of top-tier pedigree and scrappy, high-output execution.

  • Pedigree Signal: Academic background from a premier institution (Stanford, Harvard, Wharton, MIT Sloan, or equivalent).
  • Experience: 3-6 years in consumer growth or GTM ops at a high-growth company (e.g., Duolingo, Chime, ClassDojo, or equivalent).
  • Quantitative Depth: Expert in funnel analysis and cohort modelling who "lives in the data".
  • Field Orientation: You "get on the plane" - you value in-person interactions and are willing to do the ground-level work at events and home visits that move metrics.
  • Mission Alignment: A genuine respect for family autonomy in education and an understanding of the high-stakes trust dynamics involved in education spending

Benefits

Commitment, Compensation & Benefits

This will be a big commitment, and we're aiming high. It needs to be something you are energised about taking on, or this isn't the team for you.

  • Competitive Salary: $120,000 - $170,000 per year, commensurate with experience.
  • Generous Founding Equity: We compensate you well with equity.
  • Top-Tier Backing: We've raised $16M from top-tier VCs and angels.
  • Relocation Support: You are willing to relocate to San Francisco, CA, or Phoenix, AZ, and travel to visit customers. We're an in-person company and are in the office together.
  • Comprehensive Visa Sponsorship: If you do not have a visa, we can support you.
  • Unmatched Impact: The rare opportunity to directly shape how the $900B US Public Education budget is being opened up for parents to take control of their portion (avg. $7.5k/kid/year).

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