Founding Engineer

MLabs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Significant Equity

High Autonomy

World-Class Team

Job summary

A technology company in New York City seeks a Senior Staff Engineer for its AI Learning Platform. This role involves full-stack feature ownership, driving architectural decisions, and leveraging AI for development. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software engineering experience and a strong leadership mentality. Competitive salary and significant equity are offered in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership.
• Strong full-stack capabilities, preferably with a back-end leaning.
• Proven ability to build and scale products that real users love.
• Excited about leveraging AI tools to solve massive industry problems.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship full-stack features at startup velocity.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate development.
• Own features from conception to deployment.
• Shape the engineering culture as the team grows.
• Mentor and develop future engineering team members.

Skills

Full-Stack Proficiency

Technical Leadership

AI Integration

Ownership Mentality

Strong Judgment

Job description

Founding Engineer – AI Learning Platform Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid)

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: $180K – $250K

We are building the future of learning for the deskless and blue-collar workforce, fundamentally reshaping a $400 billion market by leveraging AI. Our platform transforms traditional training documents into fully gamified, interactive experiences powered by AI tutors.

We are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer with an absolute ownership mentality to join us as a technical leader in our NYC office. You will work directly with founders and other senior engineers who ship at incredible velocity.

Key Responsibilities

• Full-Stack Feature Ownership: Build and ship full-stack features at startup velocity, maintaining high quality standards that directly impact customer success
• Technical Leadership: Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy, balancing speed with scalability as we grow from 0 to 1
• AI Integration: Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and establish best practices for AI-assisted engineering across the team
• End-to-End Delivery: Own features from initial conception through design, implementation, and deployment, translating business needs into elegant technical solutions
• Culture Shaping: Help shape the engineering culture and practices that will scale with our rapid team growth, operating in a high-autonomy, zero-bureaucracy environment
• Mentorship: Recruit, mentor, and develop future engineering team members as we expand

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership
• Full-Stack Proficiency: Strong full-stack capabilities, preferably with a back-end leaning. While our stack includes Go backend and TypeScript frontend, we value strong technical acumen over specific languages
• Track Record: Proven ability to build and scale products that real users love
• Mindset: An “Ownership Mentality”—you treat the company like it’s yours and thrive in fast-paced, high-ownership environments with excellent judgment and communication
• Passion: Excited about leveraging AI tools to solve massive industry problems
• Work Policy: Must be available for a Hybrid schedule requiring 3 days in-person per week in our New York City (Flatiron) office
• Visa Sponsorship is not available for this role

Benefits

• Competitive Salary: $180,000 – $250,000
• Significant Equity: 1% – 3% ownership stake
• Massive Opportunity: Ground-floor opportunity to transform a $400B industry that is ripe for disruption
• Technical Influence: Direct involvement in shaping the engineering culture and architecture from the beginning
• World-Class Team: Work with an experienced, senior team of ex-founders and high-growth company alumni
• High Autonomy: High autonomy and direct influence on product direction, working directly with the founders

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