Founding Backend Engineer for AI Pricing Platform

David Joseph & Company; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full benefits package

On-site near Montgomery Station

Job summary

David Joseph & Company seeks a Founding Engineer in San Francisco to own core backend features for a pricing and quoting platform. You will shape the product, ship features end-to-end, and contribute to decisions while collaborating with a small, product-minded team.

The role emphasizes ownership, building in TypeScript/Python, and managing data with SQL/PostgreSQL. On-site work and equity are offered with strong early-stage support.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of full-stack software engineering experience.
• 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.
• Strong ownership mentality, ability 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 rationale behind what you build.
• Collaborate cross-functionally in a small company, including customer onboarding support.

Skills

Backend development

TypeScript

Python

React

SQL

PostgreSQL

Express

LLMs

AI Agents

Ownership mindset

Tools

Express

Tailwind

React

SQL

PostgreSQL

LLMs

AI Agents

Job description

David Joseph & Company seeks a Founding Engineer in San Francisco to own core backend features for a pricing and quoting platform. You will shape the product, ship features end-to-end, and contribute to decisions while collaborating with a small, product-minded team.

The role emphasizes ownership, building in TypeScript/Python, and managing data with SQL/PostgreSQL. On-site work and equity are offered with strong early-stage support.