Founding Engineer
About The Position
Our client is building an AI-powered integration platform for the real economy, automating how companies connect systems across supply chain and logistics workflows. The product replaces brittle, manual integration work with agentic systems that can generate, manage, and operate production-grade integrations end-to-end. Founded by experienced operators who previously scaled a leading European logistics company from seed to 400+ employees, the team is now building from San Francisco with early enterprise customers already in production. This is a true 0→1 founding engineering opportunity to define the core infrastructure and agent systems powering mission-critical integrations for real-world businesses.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of experience as a full-stack or backend engineer
- Experience at a VC-backed startup (Seed–Series B strongly preferred)
- Proven ability to build and ship complex systems end-to-end
- Strong TypeScript experience (core requirement)
- Exposure to AI agents or LLM-powered systems (strong plus if built from scratch)
- Experience with infrastructure, runtimes, or platform engineering systems
- Comfortable in high-autonomy, 0→1 environments
- Strong product intuition and ability to work directly with founders
- CS or engineering degree (top 50 school preferred but not mandatory with strong experience)
Nice To Haves
- Experience at developer tools or infra companies (e.g., Vercel-type environments)
- Built AI agents or agentic workflows in production
- Experience with platform engineering or runtime systems
- Early-stage startup founding engineer experience
- Strong backend + systems engineering depth
- Experience working in logistics, supply chain, or integration-heavy domains
- Demonstrated ownership of major systems or products
- 0→1 product building experience
- Built agentic AI systems or LLM-based automation tools
- Owned infrastructure systems in production
- High autonomy and strong execution speed
- Strong startup pedigree (seed–Series B environments)
- Clear ability to build without structure or direction
- Systems thinking across backend + distributed infrastructure
Responsibilities
- Build and design AI coding agents from scratch for generating and maintaining integrations
- Architect and scale the core integration runtime (a “mini-Vercel” for enterprise workflows)
- Own end-to-end systems spanning agent orchestration, infrastructure, and deployment
- Design foundational backend systems using TypeScript and modern infrastructure tools
- Build and maintain production-grade agentic workflows for real economy integrations
- Define engineering standards, architecture patterns, and system design decisions for the company
- Work across both agentic AI systems and infrastructure-heavy backend systems
- Develop systems that adapt to rapidly changing environments and enterprise constraints
- Collaborate directly with founders on product direction and technical strategy
- Ship early and often in a fast-moving, ambiguity-heavy startup environment
Benefits
- Base salary: $150,000 – $300,000
- Equity: 0.5–1.5%
- Visa sponsorship available (case-by-case)
- High ownership from day one
- Founding engineering role with direct impact on architecture
- Rapid iteration environment with high autonomy
- Direct access to founders and early customers
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
