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It starts with giving engineers the best tools that adapt to their needs over time. Today, tens of thousands of engineers run Superset as their primary IDE, at companies like Wix, DoorDash, and Netflix.\nWe're building a flat and talent-dense team, and we're looking for people who have crazy ideas and are crazy enough to ship them. If you want to build a product you love to use, come build it with us.\nAbout the role\nWe are looking for a founding engineer who will own a large chunk of the product suite from idea to production. This role is perfect for someone who works well autonomously, ship quickly, and has strong opinions.\nWhat you'll do\nOwn large product features end to end. You’ll likely ship a feature to production in your first few days.\nBuild in any of our product surfaces: agent, cloud, terminal, mobile, factory. You’ll have to get down to the pty, stream transport level up to building UI.\nSet up systems and processes to help the team ship faster.\nWe’re a source-available company, so your work is public from day one.\nAbout us\nThe team includes 3 ex-YC CTOs, building a product that we love to use. We believe in hiring the smartest people and trust them to own the work. We’re building a talent dense, deeply technical team. We like to win, ship, and have fun.\nYou are a fit if\nYou have been a founder, or early employee at a startup.\nYou have shipped complex agentic products or infrastructure\nYou use coding agents daily and have strong opinions about the future of building with agents.\nYou can work in person in SF five days a week\nBenefits\nWe currently offer our employees the following plans at no cost:\nHealthcare: Kaiser Platinum 90 HMO 0/10\nDental: Guardian 1500\n401(k): Guideline\nI you need another plan we are happy to work with you. We also offer unlimited time off, $5K desk stipend, free meals in the office.\n15-minute call with Kiet (co-founder & CEO). Phone screen on culture and skill fit. Include a link to something you built recently (repo, PR, or demo) when you apply.\n\n1-hour technical interview with Satya (co-founder & CTO). React-centric technical interview.\n\n1-hour technical interview with Avi (co-founder & CPO). Hands-on TypeScript problem solving interview.\n\n1-hour system design interview with Kiet. White-board design of a complex system.\n\nIn-person week with the team in San Francisco. Pairing, working sessions, and a presentation of your week, then a decision and offer before you leave.\n\nWe book the next round within 24 hours of the previous one, and we tell you the outcome within 48 hours of each step. 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