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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** FANPAD LLC
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $165,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** .NET Framework, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, PostgreSQL, Twilio, Backend, AngularJS, Functional Programming, Api Management
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=22a9ffb55a509914

## About the Role

* 5+ years of full-stack experience across our stack; backend-leaning preferred
 * Strong ownership mindset - you take problems end-to-end without being told
 * Self-sufficient in a remote startup environment with US or equivalent timezone availability
 * Clear communicator who can act as a thought partner with technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Comfortable re-prioritizing fast when the business needs change
 * Passion or genuine curiosity about the music industry or creator economy is a big plus

## Description

FanPad is a direct-to-fan platform that helps musicians and creators turn anonymous listeners into real fans and consistent buyers. We partner with artists and their teams to maximize long-term fan engagement and monetization - and we have the case studies to prove it works at scale (clients include Earth, Wind & Fire and Skepta)., We've closed our latest funding round and are looking for a Founding Engineer to join the team. You'll have a direct impact on technology that powers high-visibility campaigns, drives millions of dollars in value, and shapes the future of the fan experience.

What you'll do

 * Ship product as an individual contributor - this is primarily a hands-on engineering role
 * Own technical architecture decisions and drive them from design through production
 * Work directly with the CTO and clients to translate business needs into scalable solutions
 * Grow and lead a small engineering team as we scale

Our stack

Angular · .NET · PostgreSQL · AWS (RDS, EC2, Lambda, S3) · Twilio · Mailgun · various third-party API integrations


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