Founding Engineer
$200K - $300K/yr
Founding Full Stack Engineer Benefits - Starting Salary targeting $200K - $300K - Competitive equity package - Comprehensive medical dental vision - Monthly food stipend - Unlimited snacks and ...
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$200K - $300K/yr
Founding Full Stack Engineer Benefits - Starting Salary targeting $200K - $300K - Competitive equity package - Comprehensive medical dental vision - Monthly food stipend - Unlimited snacks and ...
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$200K - $300K/yr
Founding Full Stack Engineer Benefits - Starting Salary targeting $200K - $300K - Competitive equity package - Comprehensive medical dental vision - Monthly food stipend - Unlimited snacks and ...
New York, NY · Hybrid
$200K - $270K/yr
Developer infrastructure The Role The client is hiring a Founding Engineer to build at every level of the cloud infrastructure stack -- production software, customer-facing problem solving, and ...
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New York, NY · Hybrid
$200K - $270K/yr
Developer infrastructure The Role The client is hiring a Founding Engineer to build at every level of the cloud infrastructure stack -- production software, customer-facing problem solving, and ...
New York, NY · On-site
$160K - $260K/yr
Data / AI The Role A high-ownership founding-engineer role working directly with the founders on product vision and implementation, as one of the first engineering hires at a company with real, daily ...
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New York, NY · On-site
$160K - $260K/yr
Data / AI The Role A high-ownership founding-engineer role working directly with the founders on product vision and implementation, as one of the first engineering hires at a company with real, daily ...
New York, NY · On-site
$100K - $250K/yr
🚀 Founding Engineer, Thera (NYC) Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs. Payroll, payments, treasury, spend, and accounting in one ecosystem that actually works end-to-end. We're ...
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New York, NY · On-site
$100K - $250K/yr
🚀 Founding Engineer, Thera (NYC) Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs. Payroll, payments, treasury, spend, and accounting in one ecosystem that actually works end-to-end. We're ...
New York, NY · On-site
$100K - $250K/yr
Founding Engineer, Thera (NYC) Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs. Payroll, payments, treasury, spend, and accounting in one ecosystem that actually works end-to-end. We're looking ...
New York, NY · On-site
$100K - $250K/yr
Founding Engineer, Thera (NYC) Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs. Payroll, payments, treasury, spend, and accounting in one ecosystem that actually works end-to-end. We're looking ...
$200K - $270K/yr
About the Role Hiring a Founding Engineer to build at every level of the cloud infrastructure stack. This is a seat for an engineer who has been a founding engineer at a startup or two before, has ...
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$200K - $270K/yr
About the Role Hiring a Founding Engineer to build at every level of the cloud infrastructure stack. This is a seat for an engineer who has been a founding engineer at a startup or two before, has ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $250K/yr
As a Founding Engineer, you will: * Constantly seek out and make connections between non-obvious signals that could lead to new construction. For example, noticing how life events like divorces ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $250K/yr
As a Founding Engineer, you will: * Constantly seek out and make connections between non-obvious signals that could lead to new construction. For example, noticing how life events like divorces ...
New York, NY · On-site
$125K - $175K/yr
This is a founding engineering role focused on backend and infrastructure, and it carries three of the company's hardest deliverables. * Stand up the production systems. Build the scalable systems ...
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New York, NY · On-site
$125K - $175K/yr
This is a founding engineering role focused on backend and infrastructure, and it carries three of the company's hardest deliverables. * Stand up the production systems. Build the scalable systems ...
New York, NY · Hybrid
$120K - $180K/yr
Founding Engineer Package: $120k - $180k + equity Location: New York City (3 days per week in office) Launchpad Recruitment are partnering with a high-growth, VC-backed (GV & YC) AI-native investment ...
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New York, NY · Hybrid
$120K - $180K/yr
Founding Engineer Package: $120k - $180k + equity Location: New York City (3 days per week in office) Launchpad Recruitment are partnering with a high-growth, VC-backed (GV & YC) AI-native investment ...
New York, NY · On-site
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an a16z-backed AI GTM automation startup, where you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the founding team to ship the core product. You'll own ...
New York, NY · On-site
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an a16z-backed AI GTM automation startup, where you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the founding team to ship the core product. You'll own ...
New York, NY · Remote
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an a16z-backed AI GTM automation startup, where you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the founding team to ship the core product. You'll own ...
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New York, NY · Remote
$137K - $190K/yr
About the Role This is a founding engineering role at an a16z-backed AI GTM automation startup, where you'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with the founding team to ship the core product. You'll own ...
New York, NY · On-site
The Role We're looking for a founding engineer who can move fast across the stack and go deep when the problem demands it. Early on, the work will be varied: one week you might ship a scrappy 0-to-1 ...
New York, NY · On-site
The Role We're looking for a founding engineer who can move fast across the stack and go deep when the problem demands it. Early on, the work will be varied: one week you might ship a scrappy 0-to-1 ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$142K/yr
Solva is a startup looking for a Founding Engineer to be an integral part of their team. In this role, you will help build the core product, make architectural decisions, and lead initiatives while ...
Manhattan, NY · On-site
$142K/yr
Solva is a startup looking for a Founding Engineer to be an integral part of their team. In this role, you will help build the core product, make architectural decisions, and lead initiatives while ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $200K/yr
We're now looking for our founding engineer to help us build the product that can support and continue to drive our early growth. Ideal candidates have a founder mentality and strong ownership. You ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $200K/yr
We're now looking for our founding engineer to help us build the product that can support and continue to drive our early growth. Ideal candidates have a founder mentality and strong ownership. You ...
New York, NY · On-site
$180K - $250K/yr
As a Founding Engineer, you'll own one of four core domains end-to-end - B2B product, agent quality, family graph infrastructure, or B2C consumer product - and make product decisions directly ...
New York, NY · On-site
$180K - $250K/yr
As a Founding Engineer, you'll own one of four core domains end-to-end - B2B product, agent quality, family graph infrastructure, or B2C consumer product - and make product decisions directly ...
New York, NY · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
Join our Founding Team to impact real lives We are looking for ambitious and relentless engineers to join us on this mission. Whereas at other companies you may be working on the next widget ...
New York, NY · On-site
$200K - $250K/yr
Join our Founding Team to impact real lives We are looking for ambitious and relentless engineers to join us on this mission. Whereas at other companies you may be working on the next widget ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $200K/yr
Has experience at top start ups or big tech companies companies; or is an ex-founder/founding engineer; or someone who obsesses over side projects (deployed and live, ideally). * Comfortable with ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $200K/yr
Has experience at top start ups or big tech companies companies; or is an ex-founder/founding engineer; or someone who obsesses over side projects (deployed and live, ideally). * Comfortable with ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $200K/yr
We're now looking for our founding engineer to help us build the product that can support and continue to drive our early growth. Ideal candidates have a founder mentality and strong ownership. You ...
New York, NY · On-site
$150K - $200K/yr
We're now looking for our founding engineer to help us build the product that can support and continue to drive our early growth. Ideal candidates have a founder mentality and strong ownership. You ...
New York, NY · Remote
$180K - $250K/yr
As a Founding Engineer, you'll own one of four core domains end-to-end -- B2B product, agent quality, family graph infrastructure, or B2C consumer product -- and make product decisions directly ...
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New York, NY · Remote
$180K - $250K/yr
As a Founding Engineer, you'll own one of four core domains end-to-end -- B2B product, agent quality, family graph infrastructure, or B2C consumer product -- and make product decisions directly ...
New York, NY · On-site
TL;DR: We're looking for founding engineers to help us build human-focused security tech, reinvent skill-based interviewing, and transform how the the $4T+ contingent workforce industry operates ...
New York, NY · On-site
TL;DR: We're looking for founding engineers to help us build human-focused security tech, reinvent skill-based interviewing, and transform how the the $4T+ contingent workforce industry operates ...
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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.
As a Founding Engineer, you’ll often be tasked with building a product from the ground up while balancing rapid development with long-term technical vision. Resource constraints and evolving product requirements can require creative problem-solving and the ability to prioritize effectively. You’ll work closely with the founding team, making pivotal decisions that shape both technology and culture, so adaptability and a hands-on approach are important. While the environment can be demanding and ambiguous, it also offers unique opportunities to learn, take ownership, and have a major impact on the success of the company.
To thrive as a Founding Engineer, you need deep expertise in software development, system architecture, and product design, typically backed by experience with startups or building products from scratch. Familiarity with modern programming languages, cloud platforms, and agile tools such as Git, AWS, and Jira is often essential. Exceptional problem-solving, strong ownership mentality, and the ability to communicate clearly in fast-paced, unstructured environments set standout candidates apart. These skills are crucial because Founding Engineers must quickly turn vision into reality, adapt to changing needs, and help establish the technical foundation of a new company.
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$200K - $300K/yr
Full-time
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