Founding Engineer
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About the Role
Join a Series A infrastructure software team building a platform for deploying and managing applications in customers' cloud environments. As a Founding Engineer, you will take ownership of complex technical work across the infrastructure stack and help shape the product through direct customer collaboration.
What You'll Do
Build production-grade software across cloud infrastructure surfaces.
Own technical work from architectural design through production deployment.
Investigate production issues by accessing virtual machines, analyzing logs, and tracing root causes.
Read and debug open-source repositories to understand third-party dependencies.
Collaborate with teammates on infrastructure-related customer needs and share product feedback.
Propose and drive work independently within two-week project cycles.
Talk with customers directly and incorporate their needs into infrastructure decisions.
What We're Looking For
Five to eight years of experience building and shipping complex production software beyond CRUD applications.
Experience as a founding engineer at approximately two startups.
A strong background in distributed systems or infrastructure.
Experience owning end-to-end technical problems, from architecture through deployment.
Sound judgment debugging complex production systems under pressure, including system-level investigation using shell access and log analysis.
Ability to work independently in environments without established playbooks or processes.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $200,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site, five days per week in New York City, New York.