# Founding Engineer

What is Crouton? Crouton builds software that helps companies understand how their people are actually deployed: who works where, how teams are structured, and how people are staffed across projects over time. We’re already working with a small set of high-caliber companies across defense, robotics, and healthcare. These teams use Crouton to answer questions like “do we have capacity for this?” or “what happens if we reorganize this team?” in a way that’s fast and grounded in reality. Why I’m building it I’m building Crouton because I saw how quickly clarity breaks down as a company grows. At my last company, even with incredibly strong people, it became hard to answer basic questions about who was working on what and how teams were actually structured. The result is slower decisions and a lot of guesswork. I don’t think that should be the case. Companies should be able to understand how their people are deployed as clearly as they understand their financials. About the role We’re looking for a Founding Engineer who wants real ownership. You’ll build product directly in the hands of users, talk to customers regularly, and help define how the system actually works as we go. A lot of

- **Id**: 145075
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/crouton-founding-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-28T09:52:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T21:09:47Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 71
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- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 52599
- **Name**: Crouton
- **Domain**: usecrouton.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/crouton>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Work at a Startup

## Salary

- **Min**: 160000
- **Max**: 220000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 220000

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **React.js** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 71

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 1
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-08-28T09:52:33Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 9
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.336
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 70
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:0, win:tail, crowd:junior
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 220000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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