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# Founding Engineer

- **Company:** David Joseph & Company
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Machine Learning, Backend, Roblox
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=ca9e2a0a387cc93c

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Research?, * 0-3 years engineering

 * Backend + ML + systems
 * Side project track record

Green Flags

 * Strong side project portfolio that demonstrates building outside of day-job scope.
 * Recent grad or 0-3 YOE with exceptional signal (top engineering school, notable internships, or notable side projects)
 * Background at Roblox, Meta, Amazon, or comparable consumer / ad infra companies with side-project signal

Red Flags

 * Day-job-only engineer with no signal of building outside of work.
 * Mid-career operator (5+ YOE) wanting Senior or Staff title. This is a founding-tier early hire.
 * Pure ML research background without shipping production systems

## Description

A Founding Engineer who can blend backend, ML, and traditional system design / infrastructure - a high-agency, high-slope builder, not someone filtered through a narrow tech-stack requirement. You'll be one of the earliest engineering hires and help shape the engineering culture., * Backend systems work with a mix of ML and traditional system design / infrastructure

 * Build features end-to-end across whatever the team is shipping
 * Cross-functional work with the rest of the engineering team and founders
 * Help shape the engineering culture as one of the early hires


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