Founding Engineer

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

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: Transfers only (OPT, H1B transfers)
• Employment type: Full-time