Founding Lead Engineer: Architect & Build for Scale

Dream Technologies; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-tech company based in San Francisco is seeking a founding engineer to lead the technical direction and tackle crucial engineering challenges. This hands-on role involves establishing an engineering culture, making architectural decisions, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in production systems, strong full-stack skills, and a passion for leading a small but dynamic team. This is an opportunity to shape a world-class product in the architecture and construction planning domain.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands‑on experience building production products and systems.
• 2+ years leading engineering direction on a team.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, React, and backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Establish engineering culture emphasizing quality and speed.
• Own architecture and infrastructure decisions.
• Define technical priorities and write production-grade code.
• Mentor and grow the team through code review.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

TypeScript

React

Modern web development

Backend systems design

CI/CD

Developer tooling

Team mentoring

Tools

Postgres

AWS

Python

Next.JS

Three.JS

Swift-UI

Job description

A high-tech company based in San Francisco is seeking a founding engineer to lead the technical direction and tackle crucial engineering challenges. This hands-on role involves establishing an engineering culture, making architectural decisions, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in production systems, strong full-stack skills, and a passion for leading a small but dynamic team. This is an opportunity to shape a world-class product in the architecture and construction planning domain.