Full Stack Engineer + Future Founder/Business Partner - (Portland, OR - Local Only)

We currently use Veeqo for item management, inventory sync, and order processing. We're getting off Veeqo. That's the project. Specifically:

• Full item/SKU management system
• Real-time inventory sync across 4 marketplaces (Amazon FBA, Amazon FBM, Walmart, eBay) - this is the hard part and the reason I'm hiring instead of pushing through it myself
• Order processing pipeline that ties into our existing packing software and shipping infrastructure

You are not starting from zero. The vast majority of the surrounding tooling already exists - packing app with item validation and video logging, shipping integrations, analytics dashboards, repricing, replenishment, financial reporting. The marketplace sync and item/order management is the missing piece that keeps us tethered to a platform we've outgrown.

What happens after month 6:

If we like working together and we both think there's a real product here, there's a path to co-founder of a separate software entity I set up specifically for this purpose. The plan has always been to eventually offer this to other ecommerce operators dealing with the same multi-marketplace pain. At month 6 we'd have a real conversation about whether the demand exists, whether you want to bet on it, and what the partnership looks like. Either of us can walk at that point, no hard feelings.

I'm being deliberately vague on specifics here because (a) I don't yet know if you're the right person, and (b) any equity conversation should happen between two people who already know they want to work together. If "maybe co-founder eventually" isn't a compelling pitch on top of the base comp, this probably isn't the role for you.

What I'm looking for:

• You spend more time writing prompts for AI agents than writing code. This is the single most important thing on this list. If you're philosophically opposed to AI-driven development, we won't get along.
• Strong systems thinking. Multi-marketplace inventory sync at scale is full of race conditions, eventual consistency problems, and API quirks. I can usually spot when something's wrong; I need someone who can architect it correctly the first time.
• Comfortable inheriting an AI-generated codebase. It works. It's not that pretty. You'll have full authority to refactor what needs refactoring.
• Ok shipping software that isn't 100% perfect. We move fast. If I wake up at 2am with an idea, there's a real chance it's in production by 9am. This sounds reckless. It mostly isn't. You'll learn the rhythm.
• Can help put a real long-term vision on paper(not actual paper, of course) so we're not always building reactively.
• Stack we're working in: Node.js, Postgres, REST APIs, Linux/Ubuntu on DigitalOcean, PM2 + cron, React for internal dashboards, and a baseline Android app in production. Experience with marketplace APIs (Amazon SP-API, Walmart, eBay) is a major plus.

You're an experienced engineer - mid-to-senior - who's financially stable, sick of corporate BS, and wants to build real things, ship fast, work directly with someone who knows their business cold, and have a real shot at owning something. The base pay is what it is because the upside is in what we build together.

Looking for an experienced full stack developer to take over and extend the software stack running our growing ecommerce operation. 1099 contractor role at $78,000/year plus a $500/month healthcare stipend. Full-time hours but you won't be punching a clock. Hybrid - minimum 3 days/week in our Oregon office.