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# Founding Senior Engineer

- **Company:** True Talent Solutions LLC
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $175,000 - $225,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Data Infrastructure, Email Production, Systems Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Shopify, TypeScript, Large Language Models, Backend, Api Management
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/founding-senior-engineer-new-york-ny--d73e39e4-8a82-4ee4-8c2e-1548125f4431

## About the Role

Consumer Branding, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Product Development, Operational Audit, Systems Analysis, System Operations, Machine Tool, Advertising, Mentoring, Application Programming Interface (API), * Five to eight years of full-stack engineering experience, with a strong backend focus.

 * Experience building production-grade LLM or agentic systems with end-to-end ownership and third-party API integrations.
 * Strong skills in data infrastructure, event systems, and API integrations.
 * Experience with Python, TypeScript, LLMs, and commerce or marketing tools such as Shopify, advertising APIs, or email platforms.
 * Experience leading or mentoring engineers and bringing structure to ambiguous work.
 * Early-stage startup or founding engineering experience, or experience helping a startup grow through an early funding stage.
 * Strong communication skills and a record of sustained contributions in previous roles.

## Description

Join an early-stage AI company building a growth platform for consumer brands. As the second engineer, you will build core product and infrastructure while helping shape the engineering culture and architecture., * Build data infrastructure that tracks merchant lifecycle events and connects actions to outcomes.

 * Develop an agentic growth system that assesses operations, identifies opportunities, and executes changes automatically.
 * Own full-stack development of the growth engine, with a strong focus on backend systems and infrastructure.
 * Build reliable integrations with commerce and advertising platforms, along with orchestration tooling.
 * Mentor an engineer while remaining hands-on in daily product development.