Founding Engineer

About the Role

Join an infrastructure-focused team building software that helps companies deploy and manage applications in their own cloud environments. As a Founding Engineer, you will work across the cloud infrastructure stack, owning complex technical problems that directly shape the platform and customer experience.

What You'll Do

• Build production-grade software across cloud infrastructure surfaces.

• Own technical work end to end, from architectural design through production deployment.

• Investigate production issues by accessing virtual machines, analyzing logs, and tracing root causes.

• Read and debug open-source dependencies to resolve complex infrastructure problems.

• Work directly with customers to understand their infrastructure needs and inform product decisions.

• Propose and drive work independently within two-week project cycles, collaborating with teammates on challenging technical problems.

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 background in distributed systems or substantial infrastructure engineering experience.

• Experience reasoning through complex systems under production pressure and owning problems from design through deployment.

• Comfort operating independently without a defined playbook, including system-level debugging with virtual machines and log analysis.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $200,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available for candidates authorized to work in the United States.

Location

On-site, five days per week in New York, New York.