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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** B2b Software, Information Technology
- **Published:** October 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_d56b6ba5

## About the Role

* At least two years building full stack software in a professional setting
 * Experience inside a venture-backed startup, ideally as a founder or early engineer. Equivalent experience at a larger company taking projects from nothing to launch also works
 * Strong systems design and data modeling ability, since the product lives or dies on how well the underlying data is structured
 * Genuine feel for the product and the person using it, not just the code behind it
 * A track record of self-starting, whether that is delivering something the company had not asked for or building substantial side projects of your own
 * Comfortable in a very small team, moving between engineering, product and customer conversations as needed
 * Able to get productive in an unfamiliar stack quickly. No specific language or framework is required
 * Degree in computer science or engineering. A well-regarded programme is a plus rather than a requirement

Nice to Haves

 * Time spent working alongside customers or internal teams to shape what gets built
 * Background in B2B software, particularly HR or finance tooling

## Description

This is a founding engineering hire on a small core team. You would work directly with the founders and with early enterprise customers, own significant parts of the product end to end, and help push the company toward product-market fit. It suits someone who moves fast, makes sensible trade-offs, and wants their work in front of real users quickly.

What you'll be doing

 * Ship and iterate quickly while staying thoughtful about quality trade-offs
 * Work with the founders to design the right solution to real customer problems
 * Talk directly to customers to diagnose and resolve issues in the product
 * Own large parts of the product independently, from technical design through to production
 * Wear multiple hats across engineering, product and customer support