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Founding Engineer Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite, 5 days in person) Employment Type: Full-Time ... Recent grad or 0-3 YOE with exceptional signal (top engineering school, notable internships, or ...
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Founding Engineer Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite, 5 days in person) Employment Type: Full-Time ... Recent grad or 0-3 YOE with exceptional signal (top engineering school, notable internships, or ...
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Founding Software Engineer - TruTec About TruTec TruTec is an AI-powered construction takeoff ... You have a track record of shipping products-whether through high-impact internships or your own ...
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Has been a CTO, founding engineer, or early engineer at a startup, understands what extreme ownership actually means * Exceptional new grad with a top-tier internship at Optiver, Jane Street, or ...
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Has been a CTO, founding engineer, or early engineer at a startup, understands what extreme ownership actually means * Exceptional new grad with a top-tier internship at Optiver, Jane Street, or ...
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We are looking for Software Engineering Interns to help develop our reliability platform, with a ... High-agency, customer-centric full-stack experience, e.g. ex-founder or ex-founding engineer.
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Founding Director, School of Engineering Tenure-Track Faculty Appointment The Opportunity Ohio ... through internships, capstone projects, and career pathways. Central Ohio's thriving advanced ...
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This is a builder role for someone who wants to operate at the intersection of engineering, product ... internships, campus leadership, technical communities, self-directed projects, or other 01 ...
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Pair with founding engineers to learn the codebase and take on more independent ownership ... internships and independent projects. * Comfortable with TypeScript/Node.js and able to ship ...
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Chicago, IL · On-site
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Chicago, IL · On-site
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New York, NY · On-site
Pair with founding engineers to learn the codebase and take on more independent ownership ... internships and independent projects. * Comfortable with TypeScript/Node.js and able to ship ...
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San Francisco, CA · On-site
This is a builder role for someone who wants to operate at the intersection of engineering, product ... internships, campus leadership, technical communities, self-directed projects, or other 0→1 ...
San Francisco, CA · On-site
This is a builder role for someone who wants to operate at the intersection of engineering, product ... internships, campus leadership, technical communities, self-directed projects, or other 0→1 ...
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| Aspect | Internship Founding Engineer | Software Engineering Intern |
|---|---|---|
| Credentials | Typically students or recent graduates with foundational coding skills | Students or early-career individuals learning software development |
| Work Environment | Startups or early-stage companies, often in collaborative, fast-paced settings | Large tech companies, startups, or academic projects |
| Employer & Industry Usage | Used in startup environments to build core products | Common in tech companies for training and talent pipeline |
The main difference is that an Internship Founding Engineer is often a role in early-stage startups focusing on building foundational technology, while a Software Engineering Intern typically works in larger companies or academic settings to gain experience. The Founding Engineer role may involve more responsibility and influence on product development, whereas the Intern role is more learning-focused.
$160K - $220K/yr
Full-time
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Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite, 5 days in person)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Compensation: $160,000 – $220,000 base + equity
An early-stage, venture-backed startup building an advertising network purpose-built for AI-native consumer products. The team creates immersive, personalized ad formats — playable ads, animated character ads, sponsored experiences, and creative units designed to feel native rather than disruptive. The work sits at the intersection of advertising, consumer products, AI-generated media, and mobile entertainment. The team moves fast and ships often.
Industry: AI advertising / consumer AI
The RoleA Founding Engineer who can blend backend, ML, and traditional system design / infrastructure — a high-agency, high-slope builder, not someone filtered through a narrow tech-stack requirement. You'll be one of the earliest engineering hires and help shape the engineering culture.
What You'll Be DoingTech stack: Tech-stack agnostic. PyTorch fluency is a nice-to-have.
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