Founding Engineer — Own the Platform & Roadmap (Remote)

Kipsi

San Francisco (CA)

Remote

USD 150,000 - 230,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work-from-home policy
Unlimited PTO + holidays
Brand new MacBook Pro
Salary & Equity
Competitive Compensation
Opportunity for career growth

Job summary

A venture-backed technology platform is seeking a Founding Engineer to join their growing engineering team. You will influence all aspects of engineering, product roadmap, and strategy while working directly with senior leadership. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, solid engineering fundamentals, and a passion for high-quality code. This remote-first company offers flexible work arrangements, unlimited PTO, competitive compensation, and significant equity for founding engineers, making it an exciting opportunity for career growth.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field.
  • Good product intuition and user empathy.
  • Solid engineering fundamentals and a passion for high quality code.
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Influence engineering practices, product roadmap, and strategy.
  • Work across the entire stack using cutting-edge frameworks.
  • Execute quickly to convert designs into functional components.
  • Take ownership of work and lead key components of development.

Skills

Product intuition
User empathy
Solid engineering fundamentals
High quality code
SQL
Terraform
Kubernetes
Java
GoLang
Cloud infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

MacBook Pro

Job description

A venture-backed technology platform is seeking a Founding Engineer to join their growing engineering team. You will influence all aspects of engineering, product roadmap, and strategy while working directly with senior leadership. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, solid engineering fundamentals, and a passion for high-quality code. This remote-first company offers flexible work arrangements, unlimited PTO, competitive compensation, and significant equity for founding engineers, making it an exciting opportunity for career growth.
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