Senior Founding Engineer (Full-stack)
Onsite Hybrid – San Francisco, CA
$150,000 – $225,000 USD per year
About the Opportunity
We are partnering with a venture-backed startup in San Francisco that is building a modern AI-powered platform with a strong focus on user experience and subscription engagement. The team is small, fast-moving, and looking for a Senior Founding Engineer to join at an early stage and make a meaningful impact across the stack.
This is an opportunity to help shape the product, technical foundations, and engineering culture while working on a problem space that touches millions of users worldwide.
What You’ll Do
- Contribute across the full stack, building a modern Rust and React product with real-world impact.
- Collaborate with product, design, and leadership teams to bring ideas to life quickly.
- Drive development of back-end infrastructure, AI / ML-driven insights, and intuitive user experiences.
- Help define the technical roadmap, architecture, and best practices.
- Experiment with features and workflows that improve customer retention and engagement.
- Play a key role in setting the pace, velocity, and culture of a growing engineering team.
What We’re Looking For
We know no single background fits every great engineer, but here are a few signals of strong candidates :3+ years of experience building and scaling complex full-stack applications.Experience launching products from scratch (web, backend, or mobile).Comfort making tradeoffs between shipping fast, experimenting, and building long-term platforms.Exposure to AI / ML, LLMs, or interest in learning.Familiarity with e-commerce, subscription, or payments systems.Experience deploying to cloud platforms and working comfortably in a terminal.A strong sense of ownership, accountability, and product mindset.Bonus : entrepreneurial drive, startup experience, or attempts at building something of your own.What’s on Offer
Competitive base salary : $150,000 – $225,000 USD depending on experience.Meaningful early-stage equity.Comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, 401k).Direct impact on product, culture, and company direction.A supportive, collaborative, and ambitious team environment.#J-18808-Ljbffr