Founding Engineer

Wintermeyer Ventures; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Wintermeyer Ventures is seeking a founding-level engineer for a Series A cloud infrastructure company. You will build software to deploy and manage applications across cloud environments, spanning infrastructure engineering and direct customer problem-solving.

You will own projects from design to production, debug complex systems, and collaborate with customers to shape product decisions in two-week cycles.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience building products in startup environments.
• Experience shipping products end to end and owning systems in production.
• Hands-on infrastructure experience or strong generalist skills in cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to debug complex systems under pressure using shell access and log analysis.
• High agency and comfort working without established playbooks or processes.
• Experience with networking, Kubernetes, distributed systems, or cloud platforms is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build production-grade software across cloud infrastructure surfaces.
• Own projects from architectural design through implementation and production deployment.
• Debug complex systems, including investigating virtual machines, logs, and third-party open-source dependencies.
• Work directly with customers to resolve infrastructure problems and inform product decisions.
• Propose and drive projects in two-week cycles, collaborating with the team on technical challenges.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Production software

Debugging

Customer problem solving

Tools

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Distributed systems

Job description

About the Role

Join a Series A cloud infrastructure company as a founding-level engineer, building software that helps teams deploy and manage applications across cloud environments. This hands-on role spans infrastructure engineering, production software development, and direct customer problem-solving.

What You'll Do

• Build production-grade software across cloud infrastructure surfaces.
• Own projects from architectural design through implementation and production deployment.
• Debug complex systems, including investigating virtual machines, logs, and third-party open-source dependencies.
• Work directly with customers to resolve infrastructure problems and inform product decisions.
• Propose and drive projects in two-week cycles, collaborating with the team on technical challenges.

What We're Looking For

• Five to eight years of experience building products in startup environments, ideally across two startups.
• Experience shipping products end to end and owning systems in production.
• Hands-on infrastructure experience, or strong generalist skills and demonstrated enthusiasm for cloud infrastructure.
• Ability to debug complex systems under pressure, including through shell access and log analysis.
• High agency and comfort working without established playbooks or processes.
• Experience with networking, Kubernetes, distributed systems, or cloud platforms is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $200,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in New York City, five days per week.