Founding Engineer: Build Core Product & Shape Tech Vision

People Culture Talent; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

People Culture Talent (PCT) is seeking founding engineers to join early-stage, venture-backed startups in the Montreal area. You’ll work closely with founders to shape technical direction, own significant aspects of the product and engineering organization, and help build resilient, scalable systems from the ground up.

You’ll join small technical teams, influence architecture, and partner with clients to translate ideas into working products while establishing engineering practices as the team

Qualifications

• Significant software engineering experience and a track record of shipping high-quality products.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to make pragmatic decisions in fast-moving environments.
• Comfort working with ambiguity and taking ownership without extensive structure.

Responsibilities

• Build and launch core products and features from zero to one.
• Make foundational architecture and technology decisions that influence scaling.
• Work across the stack based on product and business needs.
• Partner directly with founders, customers, and early team members to translate ideas into working products.
• Establish engineering practices, systems, and standards as the team grows.
• Help identify, evaluate, and solve ambiguous technical and product challenges.
• Contribute to hiring and building the future engineering organization.

Skills

Software engineering

Technical judgment

Ambiguity tolerance

Product mindset

Full-stack versatility

Job description

People Culture Talent (PCT) is seeking founding engineers to join early-stage, venture-backed startups in the Montreal area. You’ll work closely with founders to shape technical direction, own significant aspects of the product and engineering organization, and help build resilient, scalable systems from the ground up.

You’ll join small technical teams, influence architecture, and partner with clients to translate ideas into working products while establishing engineering practices as the team