Founding Engineer

Fonzi AI; San Francisco (CA); Ibrido; USD 175.000 - 240.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Fonzi AI is an AI recruiting company powering the hiring behind NYC and SF's top startups. We are hiring engineers to build the core product in a hybrid or onsite setting near New York City or San Francisco. Typical base compensation ranges from $175,000 to $240,000 per year, with some founding roles reaching $300,000+ and equity often included.

Join a fast-moving team at the frontier of startup hiring, and help shape early-stage products with direct customer interaction and broad ownership.

Competenze

• 4+ years of engineering experience, including at least one product you built from 0 to 1.
• You've been engineer #1 to #10, or the first engineer on a new product line.
• Full-stack or backend depth in TypeScript, Python or Go.

Mansioni

• Build version one of the core product.
• Help define the stack, infra and architecture choices.
• Hire and shape the engineering team.

Conoscenze

Engineering experience

0→1 product

Full-stack / backend

Strumenti

TypeScript

Python

Go

Descrizione del lavoro

Fonzi is an AI recruiting company powering the hiring behind NYC and SF's top startups.

Compensation

• Typical base: $175K to $240K
• 9 founding roles top out at $300K+. Joining early doesn't mean a pay cut.
• Salary is on the request before your first call. Many roles include equity.

Who's hiring

• 53 founding engineer roles open in NYC, 37 in SF, across full stack, AI, backend and infra
• 140+ startups from pre-seed to late stage, backed by YC, a16z, Sequoia, General Catalyst and Founders Fund
• 85% are pre-seed to Series A, so teams are small and you own real scope

Who we're looking for

• 4+ years of engineering, including at least one product you built from 0 to 1
• You've been engineer #1 to #10, or the first engineer on a new product line
• Full-stack or backend depth in TypeScript, Python or Go
• You ship without a spec and talk to customers directly
• You live in or near NYC or SF and want hybrid or onsite

What you could work on

• Version one of the core product
• The stack, infra and architecture choices
• Hiring and shaping the engineering team