Dealops — Founding Engineer

davidjoseph-co; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

davidjoseph-co in San Francisco, CA, is seeking a Founding Engineer to own core pricing and quoting features end-to-end within a backend-leaning full-stack role.

You will ship the product customers rely on, build AI-powered agents, and help shape early product decisions in a small, fast-moving startup with strong investor backing.

This on-site role offers competitive base pay, equity, and visa sponsorship, with upfront ownership of critical platform components.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of full-stack software engineering experience.
• Own features end-to-end within a small engineering team.
• Strong backend engineering skills in TypeScript or Python.
• Experience building products at a venture-backed startup.
• Ownership mentality; able to drive projects without direction.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship core backend features for the pricing and quoting platform.
• Develop AI-powered agents launching in the near term.
• Own product features end-to-end, from design through implementation.
• Contribute to product decisions and understanding the reasoning behind what you build.
• Work cross-functionally in a small company, including customer onboarding support.

Skills

Full-stack development

TypeScript

Python

PostgreSQL

Ownership mindset

Startup experience

Tools

Express

React

Tailwind

LLMs

AI Agents

SQL

Job description

About the Company

Our client is a venture-backed startup building the next generation of revenue infrastructure for B2B AI companies, starting with intelligent deal pricing and quoting. They are replacing legacy tooling in a category that is being disrupted this year, and they already count fast-growing enterprises and AI companies among their customers. The team is small, well-backed by top-tier investors, and moving quickly toward its next stage of growth.

Founded 2024 · ~12 people · Industry: B2B SaaS, AI, Fintech

The Role

As a Founding Engineer, you would join a small, product-minded engineering team and own core features end-to-end for a fast-growing pricing and quoting platform. This is a backend-leaning full-stack role with real scope: you would ship the product that customers run their revenue on and help shape early product decisions.

What you'll be doing

• Building and shipping core backend features for the pricing and quoting platform
• Developing AI-powered agents launching in the near term
• Owning product features end-to-end, from design through implementation
• Contributing to product decisions and understanding the reasoning behind what you build
• Working cross-functionally in a small company, including occasional support of customer onboarding

Tech stack: TypeScript, Python, React, SQL, PostgreSQL, Express, Tailwind, LLMs, AI Agents

Requirements

• Roughly 4 to 8 years of full-stack software engineering experience
• A track record of owning features end-to-end within a small engineering team
• Strong backend engineering skills in TypeScript or Python
• Solid experience with SQL, ideally PostgreSQL or similar
• Experience building products at a venture-backed startup
• A strong ownership mentality, comfortable driving projects without waiting for direction

Nice to Haves

• Experience at a CPQ, pricing, or revenue infrastructure company
• Hands-on experience shipping AI/ML products, LLMs, or agents in production
• Full-stack range with React or a similar frontend framework

Why Join

• Founding-level scope and ownership on a product customers depend on
• Strong investor backing and early traction with well-known customers
• A category at an inflection point, with room to shape the product early
• Competitive base plus generous early-stage equity, and a full benefits package

Details

• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Work policy: On-site, 5 days a week (near Montgomery Station)
• Compensation: $160K-$200K + equity
• Visa sponsorship: Available, including visa transfers
• Employment type: Full-time