Founding Engineer — Equity, Own Core Systems & Impact

David Joseph & Company; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity stake

Job summary

David Joseph & Company seeks a founding software engineer in Palo Alto to own significant parts of the product end-to-end. You will work directly with the founders and with early enterprise customers to shape the system of record for headcount planning, impacting users across HR, recruiting, and finance.

The role requires moving fast, embracing trade-offs, and delivering tangible results to real users. You will wear multiple hats across engineering, product, and customer support in a small,

Qualifications

• Two+ years building full stack software in a professional setting.
• Experience in a venture-backed startup or early-stage environment.
• Strong systems design and data modeling abilities.

Responsibilities

• Ship and iterate quickly while balancing quality.
• Collaborate with founders to design solutions for real customer problems.
• Talk directly to customers to diagnose issues in the product.

Skills

Full stack development

Startup experience

Systems design

Data modeling

Product empathy

Self-starting

Cross-functional

Adaptable to unfamiliar stack

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

GCP

MongoDB

TypeScript

Node.js

Job description

David Joseph & Company seeks a founding software engineer in Palo Alto to own significant parts of the product end-to-end. You will work directly with the founders and with early enterprise customers to shape the system of record for headcount planning, impacting users across HR, recruiting, and finance.

The role requires moving fast, embracing trade-offs, and delivering tangible results to real users. You will wear multiple hats across engineering, product, and customer support in a small,