Founding Engineer: Build Production Platform (Remote, Equity)

sierra.studio; United States; Remote; USD 160,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Job summary

SIERRA STUDIO is seeking a founding engineer to own the product's technical foundation. You will take a working v1 and turn it into production-grade software for manufacturers to run their businesses, deciding how it's built and scaled.

You'll ship end-to-end features, integrate with ERP systems, and shape the engineering culture as the team grows. This remote US-based role emphasizes shipping, user interaction, and iteration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software with ownership of systems across frontend and backend.
• Shipped a product from 0 to 1, ideally as an early startup engineer.
• Proficient in Python and TypeScript; built with FastAPI or similar and React/Next.js.
• Strong knowledge of PostgreSQL design, queries, and migrations.
• Experience integrating with external systems for reliable data flows (retries, idempotency).
• Able to make product and prioritization decisions and iterate from user feedback.

Responsibilities

• Own the codebase and architecture end to end, auditing v1 and planning a rebuild and hardening.
• Ship full-stack features with Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, WebSockets and Next.js.
• Build ERP integrations to flow order, inventory, and production data without manual entry.
• Design and evolve the data model with clean Alembic migrations.
• Develop the real-time layer to synchronize status, documents, and messages.
• Own infrastructure, deployment, and monitoring.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Full-stack development

FastAPI

React/Next.js

PostgreSQL

WebSockets

ERP integrations

Tools

SQLAlchemy

PostgreSQL

WebSockets

Next.js

FastAPI

Job description

SIERRA STUDIO is seeking a founding engineer to own the product's technical foundation. You will take a working v1 and turn it into production-grade software for manufacturers to run their businesses, deciding how it's built and scaled.

You'll ship end-to-end features, integrate with ERP systems, and shape the engineering culture as the team grows. This remote US-based role emphasizes shipping, user interaction, and iteration.