Founding Engineering Lead — Equity + Remote Ownership

Pulltrader, Inc.; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Home office stipend

Remote options

Parental leave

Job summary

Pulltrader, Inc. is seeking a founding operator to own the architecture and roadmap of our core platform. You will ship full-stack features, from storefronts to AI-driven pricing, and own the pricing/recognition pipeline.

This is a rare ground-floor opportunity with equity and direct partnership with the founders. You will lead critical architecture decisions, drive MVP platform success, and help define the engineering team as we scale the product.

Qualifications

• Proven track record shipping and maintaining production software.
• Experience with Python, TypeScript, or both in backend or full-stack context.
• GCP experience is a strong plus.
• Familiarity with AI/ML tooling and vector search is a meaningful advantage.
• Startup experience with decision-making and ownership mentality is preferred.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ownership of outcomes, not just tasks.
• Interest in trading card or broader collectibles hobby is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture and evolution of Pulltrader's core platform.
• Ship product across the full stack, storefront, marketplace integrations, and AI features.
• Build and maintain our AI pricing and card recognition pipeline (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, pgvector).
• Own infrastructure reliability, performance, and cost on GCP and Cloud Run.
• Integrate and extend third-party APIs including eBay, USPS, Shopify, and Algolia.
• Improve developer tooling, observability, and deployment practices.
• Contribute to product decisions, not just implementation.
• Help define the engineering hiring bar when the time comes.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

GCP

AI/ML tooling

Startup experience

Ownership mindset

Job description

Pulltrader, Inc. is seeking a founding operator to own the architecture and roadmap of our core platform. You will ship full-stack features, from storefronts to AI-driven pricing, and own the pricing/recognition pipeline.

This is a rare ground-floor opportunity with equity and direct partnership with the founders. You will lead critical architecture decisions, drive MVP platform success, and help define the engineering team as we scale the product.