Founding Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on May 27, 2026. Ropes scores B on the Alion truth index.
TL;DR: We're looking for founding engineers to help us build human-focused security tech, reinvent skill-based interviewing, and transform how the the $4T+ contingent workforce industry operates
About Ropes
Ropes is building a new way for companies to hire talent, starting with anti-fraud technology and better skill-based interviews. We help staffing and recruiting firms fight fraud, identify top talent, and confidently market that talent to Fortune 500 companies and the top employers in the world.
Company highlights:
Talent-dense, capable team: We're a team of 10 from Penn, Stanford, Waterloo, Retool, MongoDB, and top tech companies with seed-stage headcount and Series A-type metrics
Well-capitalized: $3.1M seed round led by GSV Ventures & Boxgroup with angels from OpenAI, SpaceX, Retool, etc.
Traction: We've flown past 7 figures in revenue, with dozens of enterprise staffing customers - including the largest staffing firm in the world
Market opportunity: Our customers are the premier firms of the $600B+ staffing industry. We're working to reinvent how that market operates from the ground up
What You'll Do:
Define the new standard of technical interviewing that retires LeetCode and transforms how companies evaluate talent
Use AI to detect fraud, identify patterns in candidate performance, and accelerate the hiring process
Who You Are:
You want to solve problems end-to-end and own what you build
You're proficient in modern full-stack development (React, Node.js, Python, or similar) and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
You're highly technical with strong coding fundamentals and a bias toward quality
You're comfortable in a fast-moving, high-performance startup environment
Why Ropes:
Early impact: Join at the exact inflection point-past product-market fit, before scaling takes over
Ownership: As one of the first engineering hires, you'll shape technical decisions and own critical systems
This is an on-site role in New York City - designed for builders who want to change how the world hires talent.