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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** FABRION
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LangGraph Framework, Microsoft Excel, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Octopus Deploy, OpenAI, Next.js, TypeScript, Web Applications, Web Application Frameworks, Pinecone, Qdrant, Okta, Tailwind, LangChain, ReactJS, Delivery Pipeline, Large Language Models, Backend, Fastapi, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Restful APIs, Data Pipelines, Docker, Web Api
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25303_c08d951eb0539ce28fc71d7fbe672a36

## About the Role

* Languages: TypeScript (Node.js), Python (FastAPI)
 * Frontend: React, Next.js, Tailwind, shadcn/ui
 * Backend: Postgres, DuckDB, GraphQL (Hasura), Kafka, REST
 * Cloud/Infra: AWS, Docker, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, Kubernetes (basic)
 * AI/Agents: LangChain, LangGraph, OpenAI, Anthropic, LLaMA, Pinecone, Qdrant
 * Governance: Keycloak, Open Policy Agent (OPA), OpenTelemetry, Slack integrations
 * Visualization: Vega, Flourish, React ReChart
 * Connectors: ERP, PLM, Excel, Email, Web APIs, * 5+ years as a full stack or backend engineer
 * Experience owning and delivering production systems end-to-end
 * Prior experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js)
 * Familiarity with building APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, or deployment workflows at scale
 * Comfortable working in early-stage startups or autonomous roles; prior experience as a founder, founding engineer, or a 0-1 pre-seed startup is a big plus

Mindset

 * Comfortable with ambiguity, eager to prototype and iterate quickly
 * Strong sense of ownership - prefers to build systems rather than wait for tickets
 * Enjoys thinking about architecture, performance, and tradeoffs at every level
 * Clear communicator and pragmatic team player
 * Values equity and impact over prestige or hierarchy
 * Prior startup or founding team experience, * Interest in data systems, agent workflows, or LLM orchestration

## Description

We're hiring a founding full stack engineer to help architect and build the platform from day one. This is a unique opportunity to own a significant portion of the tech stack and grow into a leadership role with considerable upside in equity. You'll be working on infrastructure that combines large-scale data systems with AI-native agents. This is a highly autonomous, high-leverage role with ownership over core architecture and early team culture., * Architect and build scalable APIs, backend services, and web application components

 * Contribute across the stack: data pipelines, agents, web UIs, deployment systems
 * Design and implement internal tooling, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines
 * Collaborate closely with product and design to prototype and ship features quickly
 * Help define engineering processes, contribute to documentation, and grow the early team