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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** HCL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- **Location:** New City, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cursor, Django Web Framework, PostgreSQL, Redis, OpenAI, Next.js, TypeScript, Claude Code, AWS ECS, Front End Software Development, Terraform
- **Published:** November 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/founding-engineer-new-city-ny--73fef417-9233-4ea5-ae7a-eb9b1366b286

## About the Role

* 5-10 years at Tier 1 venture-backed startups (Series B or earlier only)
 * Prior founder or founding engineer experience preferred
 * At least 6 months building with applied AI tools (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)
 * CS or STEM degree from a top 10 university

Core Tech Stack

 * Backend: Python, Django
 * Frontend: TypeScript, Vercel
 * Infrastructure: AWS ECS, RDS/Postgres, Redis, Terraform
 * AI/ML: OpenAI, Anthropic, Claude Code, Cursor

Ideal Candidate

 * Bias for action and fast execution
 * Curious, product-minded, and comfortable thinking beyond the code
 * Strong ownership mentality; founder archetypes do well here, If you're AI-native, startup-tested, and ready to build the future-this team wants to meet you