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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Founding Engineer - **Company:** Recruiting from Scratch - **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $250,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Applications Architecture, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Routing, Software Architecture, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Large Language Models, Backend, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Virtual Agents, Automation Anywhere, Service Stack - **Published:** August 21, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us0485e57492d7d78baf02e4c61e48cabc/eaa ## About the Role * 5+ years of professional experience in full-stack software engineering * Strong experience working at early-stage startups * Experience as a founding engineer or early engineering team member preferred * Experience building and shipping products end-to-end * Experience building AI/LLM-powered products in production * Experience developing agentic workflows or AI-powered automation * Experience owning technical architecture decisions on small teams * Experience operating production software with real users * Experience working in highly ambiguous startup environments * Experience collaborating closely with product and business leadership * Strong ownership mentality with demonstrated execution ability * Comfortable taking products from concept through deployment and iteration * Experience working directly with customers or end users preferred * Logistics, supply chain, or freight industry experience is a strong plus * Comfortable working across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI systems Technical Requirements * Strong full-stack engineering experience * Strong backend and frontend development skills * Experience building production applications using LLMs * Experience with AI agents and agentic workflows * Experience integrating LLM APIs into customer-facing products * Strong understanding of AI application architecture * Experience with APIs and backend services * Experience with deployment and cloud infrastructure * Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines and engineering tooling * Experience with DevOps and production infrastructure * Experience building fraud detection or rules-based prevention systems preferred * Strong software architecture and systems thinking * Strong debugging and production troubleshooting capabilities * Ability to work with a technology stack that is not rigidly prescribed * Ability to learn and adopt new technologies quickly * Strong understanding of production reliability and scalability, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field preferred * Equivalent practical engineering experience accepted * Strong software engineering and systems fundamentals Soft Skills * Exceptional technical ownership * Strong analytical and problem-solving ability * Deep curiosity around AI and emerging technologies * Strong product mindset * Comfortable working with significant ambiguity * Strong communication skills * Comfortable collaborating directly with founders and product leadership * Comfortable working directly with customers and end users * High execution velocity * Strong bias toward shipping * Strong ability to reason from first principles * Comfortable making technical decisions independently * Low-ego collaborative mentality * Strong builder mentality * Comfortable wearing multiple hats on a small team * Strong business and customer orientation * Comfortable operating in a high-intensity startup environment * Strong willingness to work in-person four days per week in Brooklyn ## Description Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire. Founding Engineer Location - Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid) - Hybrid role requiring four days per week in-office in Brooklyn, NY. Compensation - $180,000 - $250,000 Base + 0.4% - 0.8% Equity Visa - Open to Visa Transfers (OPT, H1B Transfers) Company Stage - Early Stage - Seed Industry - Artificial Intelligence, Logistics, Freight Technology, Supply Chain, SaaS, Agentic AI About the Company Our client is building AI-native software for freight brokers, helping independent freight agencies reduce operational workload and scale their businesses more efficiently. The company is targeting the large and underserved freight brokerage market, where independent operators manage significant books of business using fragmented and outdated software systems. The company is backed by experienced operators who have previously built and scaled successful businesses and is operating as a small, highly technical early-stage team. As a Founding Engineer, you'll have significant ownership over the company's technical foundation and AI stack, working directly with leadership and customers to build products that automate critical freight brokerage workflows. This is an opportunity to join a true founding engineering team where you'll work across AI agents, full-stack product development, infrastructure, fraud prevention, and customer-facing workflows. What You'll Do * Own the AI stack powering freight brokerage workflows * Build AI agents and agentic workflows for production use * Develop carrier sales automation systems * Build AI-powered quoting and workflow automation systems * Build email triage, routing, and automation workflows using LLMs * Design and implement production AI integrations using modern LLM technologies * Set the technical foundation for the engineering organization from the ground up * Make architecture decisions across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and AI systems * Establish deployment infrastructure, tooling, CI/CD, and engineering practices * Build fraud prevention systems to detect and mitigate load theft across multiple fraud vectors * Develop rules-based and AI-assisted fraud detection workflows * Build and ship full-stack products end-to-end * Work closely with freight brokers to understand their workflows and operational challenges * Join customer calls and observe users directly to identify product opportunities * Translate customer problems into technical solutions and shipped software * Partner closely with product leadership to determine what to build, buy, or integrate * Own projects from initial concept through production deployment and operation * Build reliable APIs, backend services, frontend experiences, and AI workflows * Move quickly from prototypes to production with tight customer feedback loops * Operate with high ownership and autonomy in a small startup environment * Help establish engineering culture, technical standards, and development processes * Contribute to product direction and broader business decisions * Work across the stack as priorities evolve * Continuously improve the reliability, quality, and performance of production systems ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Creating a routing app with Google Maps API from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/831-creating-a-routing-app-with-google-maps-api-from-scratch) - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) - [Nest.js - TypeScript in the backend can also be clean](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1033-nest-js-typescript-in-the-backend-can-also-be-clean) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [What is Agentic Programming and Why Should Developers Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/625-what-is-agentic-programming-and-why-should-developers-care) - [Never delegate the understanding](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/749-never-delegate-the-understanding) - [From Prototype to Production: Build AI Agents with This Free 4-Course Learning Path](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/655-from-prototype-to-production-build-ai-agents-with-this-free-4-course-learning-path)