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Full Time Founding Engineer Jobs in Texas (NOW HIRING)

Coach engineers - not as a full-time manager, but as the person who sets the standard. * Partner ... Prior founding-engineer or founding-director experience at a hardware-forward startup. About the ...

This full-time position is based in Dallas/Irving, TX and will require you to report to a specific ... our founding in 1960, we've gained a reputation for superior service, integrity and support. We ...

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Reverse Engineer 4

San Antonio, TX · On-site

$192K - $213K/yr

TS/SCI with Polygraph Employment Type: Full-Time Salary Range: $192,200-$213,500 Join a Growing ... Since our founding, we have partnered with a range of federal entities and private corporations ...

TS/SCI with Polygraph Employment Type: Full-Time Salary Range: $192,200-$213,500 Join a Growing ... Since our founding, we have partnered with a range of federal entities and private corporations ...

Reverse Engineer 4

San Antonio, TX · On-site

$192K - $213K/yr

TS/SCI with Polygraph Employment Type: Full-Time Salary Range: $192,200-$213,500 Join a Growing ... Since our founding, we have partnered with a range of federal entities and private corporations ...

Reverse Engineer 3

San Antonio, TX · On-site

$170K - $189K/yr

TS/SCI with Polygraph Employment Type: Full-Time Salary Range: $170,100-$189,000 Join a Growing ... Since our founding, we have partnered with a range of federal entities and private corporations ...

Reverse Engineer 3

San Antonio, TX · On-site

$170K - $189K/yr

TS/SCI with Polygraph Employment Type: Full-Time Salary Range: $170,100-$189,000 Join a Growing ... Since our founding, we have partnered with a range of federal entities and private corporations ...

TS/SCI with Polygraph Employment Type: Full-Time Salary Range: $170,100-$189,000 Join a Growing ... Since our founding, we have partnered with a range of federal entities and private corporations ...

Since our founding in 2011, we've consistently pushed the industry forward and improved experiences ... Benefits: Full-time: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental and ...

Since our founding in 2011, we've consistently pushed the industry forward and improved experiences ... Benefits: Full-time: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes: medical, dental and ...

IE Engineer Intern

Mesquite, TX

$15.25 - $19.75/hr

... our founding in 2001. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in all parts of our ... This is a full-time position. Canadian Solar Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified ...

IE Engineer Intern

Mesquite, TX · On-site

$15.25 - $19.75/hr

... our founding in 2001. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in all parts of our ... This is a full-time position. Canadian Solar Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified ...

Civil Engineer

Dripping Springs, TX · On-site

$90K - $180K/yr

Austin, TX Type: Full-time Compensation: $90,000 - $180,000 annually Company: sanctuary.co If you ... A founding team shaping an entirely new way of living At Sanctuary, your work won't disappear into ...

Head of Global Manufacturing Employment Type: Full-Time Location: Houston, TX Persona AI is ... Persona's founding team has a decades-long history in humanoid robotics, bionics, and product ...

Senior Software Engineer, Reliability Remote, US About Nametag Nametag is building the future of ... this full-time position is $120,000 to $190,000, plus equity and benefits. Nametag is a founding ...

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What is the difference between Full Time Founding Engineer vs Full Time Software Engineer?

AspectFull Time Founding EngineerFull Time Software Engineer
CredentialsRelevant technical degrees, startup experience often preferredComputer Science or related degree typically required
Work EnvironmentEarly-stage startup, high autonomy, broad responsibilitiesEstablished company, specialized roles, structured environment
Industry UsageCommon in startups and new venturesWidespread across tech companies and industries
Search & ComparisonOften compared for startup roles and entrepreneurial positionsCompared for corporate and established tech roles

In summary, a Full Time Founding Engineer typically works in a startup environment with broad responsibilities and a focus on building foundational products, whereas a Full Time Software Engineer usually operates within established companies with specialized tasks and structured roles.

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Staff Backend / Product Engineer - FinOps & AI Cost Intelligence Platform

Virtasant

Austin, TX • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Re-posted 16 days ago


Job description

Staff Backend / Product Engineer - FinOps & AI Cost Intelligence Platform
(AI Platform)
Location: Remote
Type: Full-time
Team: Cost Optimisation (CO) - Product Engineering
Reports to: Director of Engineering

About Virtasant
Virtasant is a global technology services company that delivers outcomes through automation. Our services include software engineering, technology operations, cloud migration, application modernization, and cloud optimization.
We help some of the world's largest organizations modernize their technology operations, optimize costs, and unlock new opportunities for innovation. Our fully remote, globally distributed team is passionate about delivering world-class technology solutions while embracing a culture of excellence, ownership, and impact.
The Role
We're looking for a Staff-level, backend-first Product Engineer to help evolve our multi-cloud FinOps platform into a broader cloud and AI cost intelligence platform. The role will focus on distributed data systems, reliable processing of cloud billing and usage data, platform architecture, and extending AI cost visibility from aggregate spend toward application, workflow and request-level attribution.
You'll operate with high autonomy, significant ownership, and direct access to product leadership. Think founding engineer energy, without the chaos.
You will help define how AI capabilities move from experimentation to durable product features, with an emphasis on reliability, cost efficiency, and clear user value - not just model novelty.
What You'll Be Doing
  • Design and build backend-heavy platform features for our platform.
  • Productionalise AI-enabled capabilities (e.g. anomaly detection, recommendations, agent-based workflows).
  • Implement AI thoughtfully across the entire SDLC - prototyping, testing, iteration, and deployment.
  • Design and build distributed data pipelines that process cloud billing, usage, and AI telemetry.
  • Build reliable systems that handle backfills, late-arriving data, and historical reprocessing.
  • Design scalable data models and APIs that power customer-facing analytics and AI cost insights.
  • Collaborate closely with Product to turn vision into shipped features.
  • Identify blockers early, communicate clearly, and iterate fast.
  • Help shape engineering standards and patterns as the product matures.
  • You will help define how AI capabilities move from experimentation to durable product features, with an emphasis on reliability, cost efficiency, and clear user value - not just model novelty.
  • Build AI features with explicit evaluation criteria, feedback loops, and guardrails (accuracy, latency, cost, and explainability) so models improve predictably over time.

Success in the first 6-12 months looks like:
  • 2+ production-ready features shipped.
  • Tangible progress towards operating as a smart intelligence platform.
  • Clear, repeatable engineering patterns for AI-enabled development.
  • Utilize lightweight but rigorous AI engineering practices (evaluation harnesses, rollout strategies, and rollback mechanisms) that allow the platform to scale AI features safely and repeatedly.

What We're Looking For (Non-Negotiables)
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep backend expertise in Python (Java or C++ as secondary languages).
  • Experience building and operating data-intensive backend systems or pipelines in production.
  • Strong understanding of data modelling, reliability, and data processing.
  • Ability to design scalable systems and take them from concept through production.
  • Experience with AI driven development to accelerate and drive product development.
  • Hands-on experience building on AWS.
  • Demonstrated experience using AI in real production systems (not just experimentation - clear, repeatable patterns).
  • Comfortable working in ambiguity with product-led direction.
  • Ability to architect backend services that support asynchronous workflows, event-driven pipelines, and AI agents that operate over time rather than single request/response cycles.
  • Comfort articulating why certain AI approaches were not used, including trade-offs around latency, explainability, data availability, or long-term maintainability.

What Matters More Than Checklists
We care deeply about how you think and build, not just what tools you've used.
We're looking for engineers who can:
  • Tell a compelling story about a product journey, not just features shipped
  • Explain why decisions were made and what trade-offs were considered
  • Fail fast, learn quickly, and iterate relentlessly
  • Clearly articulate technical roadblocks and collaborate on solutions
  • Thrive in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment

Why This Role Stands Out
  • You'll work on a real AI product, not internal tooling or demos.
  • Near-founding-engineer level autonomy and influence.
  • Direct impact on product direction and commercial outcomes.
  • Opportunity to help shape a platform with standalone, licensable AI capabilities.
  • A rare chance to build product inside a consultancy without being consumed by client work.
  • You'll build AI capabilities informed by real enterprise-scale cost and usage data, enabling smarter models and workflows than greenfield or synthetic-data products.

Why Virtasant
  • High ownership, high trust environment.
  • Opportunity to own and shape technical delivery at scale.
  • Work closely with experienced engineering and delivery teams.
  • Exposure to broader cloud optimisation and consulting initiatives over time.

Our team Optimization Locations HQ Remote status Fully Remote