Founding Engineer, Forward Deployed (full-stack)

MexicoDev; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity 0.5%–1.5%

Job summary

Opaxa is seeking a founding engineer for forward-deployed, full-stack work. You will be the second engineer, partnering with the founding engineer to own architecture, collaborate with sales and product, and ship features from spec to production quickly.

Based in the US with remote (US) consideration, this full-time role offers $175K–$225K USD plus equity. You will work with TypeScript/React, Python, Postgres, AWS, and AI tools daily.

Qualifications

• Owns features from spec to production and ships quickly.
• Collaborates with founding engineer, sales and product teams.
• Thrives in an early, high-intensity environment.

Responsibilities

• Take new features from spec to production and ship within days.
• Work with managers who use the features and gather feedback.
• Lead onboarding of new clients as the product scales.

Skills

Ownership

Shipping features quickly

Team collaboration

Tools

TypeScript/React

Python

Postgres

AWS

AI tools

Job description

Open to applicants in US “US”

Pay * USD (inferred) 175k - 225k “$175K–$225K”

Experience Not stated

Visa sponsorship Not stated

Work authorization Requires authorization, citizenship or residency “US work authorization required.”

* The currency was inferred from context because the posting only uses the $ sign.

What the posting tells you

• Ownership The hire will own specific features, components or decisions. “This is an early, high-intensity role for someone who wants a lot of ownership and to move fast. US work authorization required. No agencies or contract firms.”
• Specific responsibilities Detailed, concrete projects and responsibilities, including how the work is done. “You'd be the second engineer, working with our founding engineer, who owns the architecture, and with the sales and product team. You'd take new features from s…”
• Learning support A passing or generic mention of growth. “You'd be the second engineer, working with our founding engineer, who owns the architecture, and with the sales and product team. You'd take new features from s…”
• Stated working conditions Several working conditions are stated. “Opaxa | Founding Engineer, Forward Deployed (full-stack) | San Francisco Bay Area preferred, REMOTE (US) considered | Full-time | $175K–$225K + 0.5%–1.5% equity…”
  • 0.5%–1.5% equity

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Original text

Opaxa | Founding Engineer, Forward Deployed (full-stack) | San Francisco Bay Area preferred, REMOTE (US) considered | Full-time | $175K–$225K + 0.5%–1.5% equity | opaxa.comEvery business with many locations already has systems that record what happened yesterday. None of them tell the manager what to do today. Opaxa does. It reads the systems a business already runs, learns how that operation actually works, and puts the right decision in front of the right manager: how busy tomorrow will be, who to schedule, what to order, which invoice overcharged you. Then it tracks what each decision earned.Our founder runs a restaurant company with more than 40 locations and over 750 employees. Opaxa was built inside it to solve its own problems, and it runs there every night. We're well funded and now expanding to other multi-location operators: restaurant groups, stadiums and campuses, hotels, retail.You'd be the second engineer, working with our founding engineer, who owns the architecture, and with the sales and product team. You'd take new features from spec to production, spend real time with the managers who use them, and turn what they tell you into shipped changes within days. As we bring on new clients, you'd lead getting them live. TypeScript/React, Python, Postgres, AWS, and AI tools every day.This is an early, high-intensity role for someone who wants a lot of ownership and to move fast. US work authorization required. No agencies or contract firms.