Founding Engineer

Digital Waffle
San Francisco, CA, United States
2 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Cursor Python (Programming Language) Next.js TypeScript ReactJS Large Language Models Machine Learning Operations Claude

Job description

  • Build core product features end to end across Python, TypeScript, React and Next.js
  • Make foundational architecture, tooling and infrastructure decisions that will carry the product for years
  • Ship fast, iterate on real user feedback and hold a high bar for what goes to production
  • Work directly with the founders on product direction, prioritisation and technical trade-offs
  • Own reliability, performance and cost from the start, not as later problems
  • Shape hiring, engineering culture and standards as the team grows behind you
  • Use AI tooling (Claude, Cursor and similar) across every part of your workflow

Requirements

  • Strong commercial engineering experience, ideally as an early hire at a fast-growing startup
  • Strong Python, TypeScript, React and Next.js in production
  • Track record of shipping product end to end, not just contributing to someone else’s codebase
  • Comfortable making architectural calls with incomplete information and revisiting them when needed
  • Fluent in modern AI engineering tools and able to use them to materially raise your output
  • Happy working 5 days a week in-person with a small, high-intensity team, * Prior Founding Engineer experience at a YC or similarly fast-growing startup
  • Exposure to AI/LLM product work, agents or ML infrastructure
  • A shipped side project you can talk about with real pride

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