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Typical responsibilities
- Build core product features end-to-end across the stack
- Make early architecture and tooling decisions
- Ship quickly and iterate based on early customer feedback
- Set engineering practices the team will scale on
- Wear multiple hats as priorities shift week to week
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Open Founding Engineer roles
| Role | Company | Location | Posted |
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| Founding Engineer | Wonder Studios | London, England, United Kingdom | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer | Doji | New York City | Jun 8, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer | Ropes | New York City | May 27, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer (US) | Haast | United States | May 4, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer | Prox | San Francisco, CA | Apr 12, 2026 |
| Founding Backend Engineer (Staff) | Variant | San Francisco, CA | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Founding Frontend Engineer (Staff) | Variant | San Francisco, CA | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer (Backend / Product) | Mainframe | New York or Remote | Mar 30, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer - Database Internals | Nile | Anywhere / Remote | Mar 28, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure | Nile | Anywhere / Remote | Mar 28, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer - Auth | Nile | Anywhere / Remote | Mar 28, 2026 |
| Founding software engineer | Watershed | Mexico City | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer (Platform) | Clove | London | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Founding Engineer | Benbase | San Francisco | Jan 10, 2026 |
| Founding Software Engineer | Espa | Headquarters | Nov 10, 2025 |
| Founding Engineer | Alleviate Health | San Francisco | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Founding Software Engineer, Backend Infrastructure | Credal.ai | Credal HQ (Brooklyn, NY) | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Founding Software Engineer | Onton | San Francisco | Jul 31, 2025 |
| Founding Software Engineer | Healthcare | EliseAI | New York City | Jun 20, 2025 |