Founding Sotware Engineer

Acceler8 Talent; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 153,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meals provided

Tools to boost productivity

Job summary

Acceler8 Talent in Los Angeles is seeking a Founding Software Engineer to help build the software that connects materials, design, simulation, and factory operations. You will join a small team with broad ownership and direct influence over product and architecture.

The role demands shipping production-grade software with strong frontend and backend capabilities, and a hands-on approach to building digital-twin manufacturing systems.

Qualifications

• Two+ years shipping production-grade software.
• Frontend with TypeScript or backend with Python/Go.
• Track record delivering high-quality products at scale.
• Strong computer science fundamentals.
• High agency, urgency, and learning velocity.
• Ability to work independently amid ambiguity.
• Desire to continuously master your craft.
• Comfort crossing software boundaries with physical systems.

Responsibilities

• Build Argos, the OS orchestrating raw materials to finished parts.
• Develop Argos Sim for CAD automation and simulations.
• Create tools to shorten design cycles for complex components.
• Integrate real-time data into a factory digital twin.
• Build factory-automation systems for 24/7 production.
• Develop internal software for engineers and operators.
• Establish testing, deployment, observability, and reliability practices.
• Own key technical problems from definition to production.

Skills

Production-grade software

TypeScript

Python

Go

Strong fundamentals

High agency

Independent work

Physical systems

Job description

Founding Software Engineer - Advanced Manufacturing

Los Angeles — five days per week onsite

Base salary of $180,000

The Opportunity

Join an early-stage advanced manufacturing and defense-technology company accelerating the transition to advanced materials.

The company combines AI software, robotics, and full-stack manufacturing to reinvent how high-performance composite parts are designed and produced. Its automated domestic factories will enable unmanned aircraft, undersea vehicles, space systems, and other critical hardware to be manufactured at mass scale rather than as bespoke products.

The company raised a $17 million seed round, the largest in Entrepreneurs First’s history, and is backed by investors who were early believers in Applied Intuition, Astranis, Factory, Flock Safety, Relativity Space, and Valar Atomics.

The Role

As a Founding Software Engineer, you will build the software connecting raw materials, part design, simulation, factory operations, and the finished product.

You will join a team of approximately five people and work alongside world-class hardware, robotics, and composites engineers. This is a high-autonomy role with broad ownership and direct influence over the product, technical architecture, and company.

What You’ll Do

• BuildArgos, the operating system orchestrating the journey from raw material to finished part, including supply chain, quoting, and pricing
• DevelopArgos Sim, covering CAD automation, design for manufacturing, mold generation, and composite-part simulation
• Create tools that shorten design cycles and make advanced components easier to specify and manufacture
• Integrate real-time equipment and sensor data into a continuously updated factory digital twin
• Build factory-automation systems capable of supporting reliable, 24/7 production
• Develop internal software for engineers and operators alongside customer-facing product workflows
• Establish foundational practices for testing, deployment, observability, and reliability
• Own consequential technical problems from definition through production

What We’re Looking For

• At least two years of experience shipping production-grade software
• Strong frontend ability with TypeScript and/or backend experience with Python or Go
• A track record of delivering high-quality products at meaningful scale
• Strong software engineering and computer science fundamentals
• High agency, urgency, and learning velocity
• The ability to work independently, resolve ambiguity, and keep building
• A desire to continuously master your craft
• Comfort working across traditional software boundaries and directly with physical systems

We valueslope over intercept: what matters most is what you have built, how quickly you learn, and the ownership you take.

Nice to Have

• Experience with manufacturing processes, industrial automation, or production tooling
• Experience integrating software with robotics, equipment, or sensor systems
• Familiarity with CAD, computational geometry, or 3D environments
• Knowledge of simulation, optimization, or numerical methods
• Experience building digital twins or factory-control systems

This May Not Be for You If

• You do not want to get your hands dirty or build in the physical world
• You rely on dedicated product management, QA, or design teams to move work forward
• You need multiple rounds of review before shipping
• You prefer narrowly defined responsibilities, predictable problems, or extensive process
• You are uncomfortable making important decisions with incomplete information

The Culture

Everyone owns problems end to end and makes consequential decisions that shape the outcome. The environment is intense, fast-moving, and built for people who want to attempt what others consider impossible.

There is little bureaucracy. Meals are covered, along with tools and products that make employees more productive and support the people around them.

Why Join?

The ambition is to do for composites what Bethlehem Steel did for steel.

For too long, the world’s most advanced materials have been confined to exquisite, low-volume applications. This team is industrializing composites so the systems of the future can be built at mass scale, strengthening the West’s manufacturing base and competitive position in strategically important industries.

You will join early, work directly with the founders, and help define the software foundation of a new manufacturing model.

Visa sponsorship is not available.