Founding Engineer

Premier Global Links LLC is building an AI-native supply chain platform and is seeking a Founding Engineer to join its early-stage technology team. The role involves owning technical problem areas, designing distributed systems and scalable data solutions, developing AI-driven capabilities, collaborating with customers, and shaping the company’s engineering standards and technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Own complex technical problem areas from architecture through implementation and iteration
• Design and build distributed systems, durable execution platforms, and scalable data solutions
• Develop AI-driven capabilities including entity resolution, product matching, RAG-based product substitution, and pricing discovery
• Work with large-scale, real-world data to automate workflows and improve operational processes
• Collaborate directly with customers to understand business challenges and translate feedback into technical solutions
• Build and improve core AI and engineering infrastructure using modern technologies
• Work across product and engineering to solve ambiguous problems with minimal direction
• Help establish engineering standards, technical direction, and culture as an early member of the team

Skills

• 2+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Founding Engineer, or Systems Architect
• Strong computer science fundamentals and demonstrated software engineering ability
• Experience with complex system design, distributed systems, durable execution, data manipulation, or large datasets
• Experience with Node.js, Python, or TypeScript
• Customer-facing experience with strong communication skills
• Strong product sense and commercial awareness
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership and deliver high-impact technical work
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Experience as a Founding Engineer, Founding AI Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, or Forward Deployed Engineer
• Experience working with AI, LLMs, RAG, agentic systems, or AI infrastructure
• Experience at a strong engineering-focused technology company
• Experience working with large-scale or complex real-world datasets
• Demonstrated rapid career progression and increasing technical ownership
• A standout technical, academic, or professional achievement demonstrating exceptional ability

Benefits

• Competitive founding engineer equity opportunity.
• Relocation support may be available.
• Visa sponsorship may be considered.
• Significant ownership and influence over technical direction and engineering culture.
• Opportunity to work directly with customers and company leadership.

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