Founding Software Engineer

bluepina; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Broad ownership

Early-stage setting

Cross-functional exposure

Job summary

bluepina is seeking a versatile software engineer to own and shape the product in an early-stage environment. You will collaborate with the founders to define problems, make technical decisions, and build, release, maintain, and improve capabilities across frontend, backend, infrastructure, data, and AI.

The role blends product delivery with technical direction, emphasizing practical execution and learning beyond your primary specialty.

Qualifications

• Two years or more shipping production software with end-to-end ownership.
• Depth in at least one area: product or frontend, backend/distributed systems, or data/AI.
• Willingness to work outside strongest area as needed.
• Comfort with TypeScript and Node.js or a strong engineering background for rapid ramp-up.

Responsibilities

• Build traveler-facing discovery features: search, filters, property pages, booking flows.
• Develop booking foundation: reservations, availability, calendar sync, and payments.
• Create host tools for onboarding, listing administration, and analytics.
• Deliver AI-enabled capabilities such as guest messaging, listing generation, and trip discovery.
• Contribute to product priorities, system design, and technical direction.
• Operate across the product lifecycle from implementation to deployment and improvement.

Skills

TypeScript

Node.js

Frontend engineering

Backend systems

Data and AI

Job description

Role overview

Take end-to-end ownership of software in an early-stage environment where you will effectively form the initial engineering function. You will work closely with the founders to define problems, make technical decisions, and build, release, maintain, and improve product capabilities across frontend, backend, infrastructure, data, and AI. The work spans both product delivery and technical direction, with a strong emphasis on practical execution and learning beyond your primary specialty.

Responsibilities

• Build traveler-facing discovery features, including search, filters, property pages, and booking flows.
• Develop the booking foundation covering reservations, availability, calendar synchronization, and payments.
• Create host tools for onboarding, listing administration, and analytics.
• Deliver AI-enabled capabilities such as property-aware guest messaging, listing generation, and natural-language trip discovery.
• Contribute to decisions about product priorities, system design, and the technical direction of the platform.
• Operate across the product lifecycle, from implementation and deployment through maintenance and improvement.

Requirements

• At least two years of experience shipping production software that you owned end to end, such as product features, backend systems, or production AI/LLM functionality.
• Demonstrated depth in at least one area: product or frontend engineering, backend and distributed systems, or data and AI.
• Willingness and ability to work outside your strongest area as the product requires.
• Comfort with TypeScript and Node.js, or a strong engineering background that supports rapid ramp-up from another ecosystem.
• Ability to work effectively with ambiguity, including defining the problem before determining the solution.
• A practical bias toward shipping simple, maintainable solutions over extended planning or unnecessary complexity.

Benefits and work setup

• Broad ownership and direct involvement in product and technical decisions.
• Opportunity to work across frontend, backend, infrastructure, data, and AI in a fast-moving early-stage setting.