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Founding Engineer in USA

  • New York, NY

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate in person with founders to define product requirements, build features, and iterate based on customer feedback.
  • Build APIs, backend systems, and interfaces for human users and AI agents.
  • Develop and deploy production-ready AI features supporting customer go-to-market workflows.
  • Participate in customer meetings, demo solutions, and translate feedback into product improvements.
  • Use AI tooling and coding agents to accelerate development while applying sound engineering judgment.
  • Establish AI-native engineering workflows and processes to improve team velocity.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of software engineering experience with a strong record of shipping and iterating in production.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript for APIs, backend systems, and user interfaces.
  • Solid data modeling fundamentals and ability to design scalable systems.
  • Hands-on experience building and deploying AI or LLM-based features in production.
  • Daily comfort using AI coding agents with strong technical judgment.
  • Experience in early-stage startup environments, ideally collaborating directly with founders.
  • Ownership-oriented approach and interest in influencing product and roadmap decisions.
  • Experience with go-to-market workflows, outbound campaigns, or customer-facing technical work is a bonus.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • On-site role in New York, New York, near Union Square; remote work is not available.
  • In-person collaboration with the founding team and direct influence over product and roadmap decisions.

Salary: $137k - $190k/yr

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