Founding Engineer: Platform Architect & Tech Leader

Solva; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm based in New York is seeking a founding engineer to play a pivotal role in building core products and expanding the engineering team. In this ownership role, you will architect production systems, lead on infrastructure and backend technologies, and collaborate with the CTO to shape the technical vision. Candidates should have strong backend experience, a leadership mindset, and be excited to innovate in complex industries. This position offers a unique opportunity to create scalable systems and drive significant impact.

Qualifications

• Strong backend and infrastructure experience.
• Ability to own technical decisions.
• Excited to build directly with customers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build production systems.
• Lead on infrastructure and backend.
• Collaborate with CTO on technical vision.

Skills

Strong backend experience

Cloud infrastructure

Scaling systems

Observability

Technical leadership

Tools

Go

Rust

Kotlin

Postgres

GCP

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

React

Vite

TypeScript

Job description

A leading technology firm based in New York is seeking a founding engineer to play a pivotal role in building core products and expanding the engineering team. In this ownership role, you will architect production systems, lead on infrastructure and backend technologies, and collaborate with the CTO to shape the technical vision. Candidates should have strong backend experience, a leadership mindset, and be excited to innovate in complex industries. This position offers a unique opportunity to create scalable systems and drive significant impact.