Junior Founding Engineer

Settlekit; Teletrabalho; BRL 324.000 - 487.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A tech startup focused on immigration support is seeking a Founding Engineer to join their founding team. In this role, you will be the primary engineer, directly collaborating with the founder to build a groundbreaking app that aids immigrants in settling into the US. Ideal candidates will have experience with React and Node.js, as well as strong problem-solving skills. This full-time position offers above-market compensation depending on experience, and puts your code in the hands of real users immediately.

Qualificações

• Experience in building decision graphs that adapt to user situations.
• Real product shipping experience.
• Localization in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia).

Responsabilidades

• Be the primary engineer working with the founder.
• Build features end-to-end in a small team.
• Contribute to AI research and product development.

Conhecimentos

Experience with graph-based, tree, or conditional logic systems

2+ years building with React

2+ years building with Node.js

Comfortable with TypeScript

Comfortable with SQL

Strong communication in English

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The missionEvery year, over a million people move to the US on work visas.

They're smart, ambitious, and excited—and then they land and realize the US is no longer made for newcomers.It's overwhelming.

The information is scattered across government websites, Reddit threads, and outdated blog posts.

Every situation is slightly different, and one wrong step can cost weeks.SettleKit fixes this.

We're building an app that guides immigrants through US settlement step-by-step and use AI to automate it.We're early-stage and have multi-year runway.

We need a salaried Founding Engineer to help us build this.The roleYou'll be our primary full-time engineer, working directly with me (Max, co-founder).

We're a small team—you'll have real ownership from day one : Building features end-to-end.

Our app is React on the frontend, Node.js / Express on the backend, PostgreSQL via (currently) Supabase.Working on our AI research pipeline.

We use LLMs to generate workflow content from source documentsThinking, not just executingWhat's next for SettleKit and YouRight now, the app is in closed beta.

Here’s where we’re heading : AI-powered actions.

We want to go beyond telling users what to do.

Think : AI that helps fill out government forms, generates document checklists, or drafts emails to employers...Mobile app.

Vs. today's webappBroader coverageWhat we're looking for1.

Must have

• Experience with graph-based, tree, or conditional logic systems—our core product is a decision graph that adapts to each user’s situation
• 2+ years building with React and Node.js (or similar full-stack experience)
• Comfortable with TypeScript and SQL
• You’ve shipped real products
• Strong communication in English—we work async-first
• Based in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, or similar)—we’re focused on LATAM for timezone overlap with NYC and the strong engineering talent in the region

Nice to have

• Experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Claude)
• Mobile development experience (React Native or native iOS / Android)
• You’ve seen immigration complexity firsthand, or know people who have

What matters more than credentials

• You figure things out
• You write clean code
• You’re excited about the mission

Why this role

Founding team.

You’ll work directly with the founder.

Your code ships to real users immediately. Build something that matters.

Immigration is broken.

Help doctors, scientists, engineers, ... settle fast in the US so they can focus on their life and work. Learn by building production AI systems.

You’ll get hands‑on experience building real LLM-powered products (Almost) no AI slop.

The product has so far been developed by human engineers, supported by Cursor / Claude.

Compensation

Full-time salaried position, above market rate depending on experience.