Founding Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE Join a Series A infrastructure software team building a platform for deploying and managing applications in customers' cloud environments. As a Founding Engineer, you will take ownership of complex technical work across the infrastructure stack and help shape the product through direct customer collaboration. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build production-grade software across cloud infrastructure surfaces. - Own technical work from architectural design through production deployment. - Investigate production issues by accessing virtual machines, analyzing logs, and tracing root causes. - Read and debug open-source repositories to understand third-party dependencies. - Collaborate with teammates on infrastructure-related customer needs and share product feedback. - Propose and drive work independently within two-week project cycles. - Talk with customers directly and incorporate their needs into infrastructure decisions. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - Five to eight years of experience building and shipping complex production software beyond CRUD applications. - Experience as a founding engineer at approximately two startups. - A strong background in distributed systems or infrastructure. - Experience owning end-to-end technical problems, from architecture through deployment. - Sound judgment debugging complex production systems under pressure, including system-level investigation using shell access and log analysis. - Ability to work independently in environments without established playbooks or processes. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary: $200,000 to $270,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site, five days per week in New York City, New York.