Junior founding engineer

SettleKit; Teletrabalho; BRL 382.000 - 602.000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A progressive tech startup is seeking a Founding Engineer in Manaus, Brazil. You will play a vital role in developing an app that assists immigrants in settling in the US. This position offers strong ownership and opportunities to work directly with the founders. The ideal candidate will have experience with React, Node.js, and be comfortable with graph-based systems. You'll help create AI-powered solutions that improve the immigration process, making a real impact on users' lives.

Qualificações

• 2+ years of experience with React and Node.js or similar full-stack experience.
• Experience with graph-based, tree, or conditional logic systems is essential.
• Strong communication skills in English for an async-first environment.

Responsabilidades

• Build features end-to-end with a focus on quality and user experience.
• Work on the AI research pipeline for generating content from source documents.
• Collaborate directly with the co-founder on product development.

Conhecimentos

Graph-based logic experience

Full-stack development (React, Node.js)

TypeScript

SQL

Strong communication in English

Ferramentas

React

Node.js

PostgreSQL

React Native

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The mission

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 The information is scattered across government websites, Reddit threads, and outdated blog posts.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

You'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 documents
• Thinking, not just executing

What's next for SettleKit and You

Right 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 webapp
• Broader coverage

What we're looking for

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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.