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# Founding Full-Stack Engineer

- **Company:** The Hire
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $96,000.0 - $120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Databases, Cloud Services, Web Applications, Web Application Frameworks, Backend, Front End Software Development, Web Api
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=457d891b531e9523

## About the Role

* Strong full-stack engineering background with modern web applications
 * Experience with typed languages, frontend frameworks, backend APIs, databases, and cloud services
 * Solid product instincts and ability to simplify complex workflows for users
 * Comfortable shipping quickly while maintaining reliability on critical paths
 * Strong ownership mentality from problem definition through launch
 * Comfortable using AI tools to move faster, while relying on personal judgment to define and solve problems
 * Must be willing to work on-site in San Francisco, CA

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Prior experience at an early-stage startup or founding engineering team
 * Experience operating without a formal ticket queue or fully-defined spec
 * Comfortable working across product, design, and infrastructure simultaneously

Tools & Technology:

 * Modern frontend frameworks
 * Backend/API frameworks and databases
 * Cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling
 * AI-assisted development tools

## Description

We are seeking a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to join the earliest technical team at a fast-moving AI video infrastructure startup. The company's first product turns prompts and documents into whiteboard-style explainer videos in seconds, with a broader vision to make video generation fast, cheap, and programmable enough for AI to use video anywhere it uses text today. This is a founding engineering hire responsible for shaping the core product across the entire stack, from user-facing features to backend systems. The ideal candidate thrives on ambiguity, moves fast, and takes real ownership of outcomes rather than waiting for a fully-scoped spec. You will work directly with the founder and help define how engineering operates from day one., * Design and ship features spanning frontend, backend, and infrastructure

 * Build APIs and workflows for accounts, projects, billing, and collaboration
 * Create frontend experiences that are fast, intuitive, and reliable
 * Improve onboarding, account visibility, and overall developer experience
 * Collaborate closely with product, design, and customers to prioritize work
 * Write clean, maintainable code and documentation for the team to build on


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