333 founding engineer jobs at 198 companies in United States

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Founding Full-stack / Product Engineer
Cupertino, CA, US
$130k-$300k/yr On-SiteFull Time
HiringCafe
HiringCafe: Building a 100× better job search engine to take on Indeed and LinkedIn.
Help us build a 100× better job search engine. We need a full-stack engineer with great taste, sharp fundamentals, and a track record of shipping polished product on React/Next.js plus a real backend (Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe).
React, Next.js, TypeScript, Firebase, Elasticsearch, Redis, Stripe
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Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Doji
Doji: Create a digital avatar to virtually try on clothes
Founding engineer with breadth across AI, backend, data, and product surfaces; able to ship prototypes and own key systems. Strong in at least one area and capable of rapid learning.
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Chasi
Chasi: AI revenue engine for construction equipment dealers.
2+ YOE2+ years production software experience; full-stack TS/React; real-time systems; experience with LLMs; customer-facing; founding-level ownership.
Next.js, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Redis, Twilio, LiveKit, OpenAI, Anthropic, Deepgram, Vector DBs
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Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$130k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ficus
Ficus: Fintech startup building payout infrastructure for life insurance.
Founding engineer with full-stack skills; ownership of product and infra; experience with backend systems, APIs, security, and regulated financial workflows.
Backend, Frontend, APIs, Databases, Cloud
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Founding Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Miravoice
Miravoice: AI-powered voice agents for automated phone data collection.
Generalist founding software engineer with frontend/backend, distributed systems, or AI/ML focus; startup experience; strong learning and collaboration; in-person in Palo Alto.
Frontend, Backend, Distributed Systems, AI/ML, Speech Systems
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$205k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Kiloforge
Kiloforge: Autonomous factory ideating and building software products.
Generalist engineer with end-to-end product focus, scrappy, able to build widely-used tools, strong product/design sense, thrives in chaos, prior founding experience.
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Founding Engineer
El Segundo, California, United States
$100k-$180k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Forge Atomics
Forge Atomics: A developing nuclear reactor technology to provide clean energy
3+ YOEBachelor's degree in mechanical engineering; 3+ years designing or building mechanical hardware.
NX, Finite Element Analysis
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$175k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Clera
Clera: AI talent agent matching professionals with high-growth startup roles
2+ YOEComputer Science degree required, 2+ years professional software engineering experience, strong CS fundamentals, startup experience valued, proficiency in Python (typed scientific Python).
Python
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$180k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Foresight Health
Foresight Health: Providing AI-enabled chronic care management services for specialty clinics.
Senior IC with full-stack depth, backend/databases/security, infra; production deployment of LLMs; startup mindset.
AWS, Databases, Security, Infrastructure, Machine Learning
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$100k-$150k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cascade
Cascade: AI-powered bidding and project management for construction and infrastructure.
Experience with LLMs; ownership of full stack; in-person in SF; US work authorization.
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Founding Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Tamarind Bio
Tamarind Bio: AI-powered platform for computational biology and drug discovery.
Founding software engineer with full-stack expertise; strong AWS, Docker, CUDA, TensorFlow/PyTorch; React; onsite in SF; equity.
Python, React, AWS, Docker, CUDA, Conda, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Slurm, Bash, APIs, Web apps
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Founding Technical Leader (CTO/Founding Engineer), Orbital
New York City, New York, United States
HybridFull Time
25 Madison
25 Madison: Incubates and invests in early-stage AI and SaaS startups.
Founding technical leader with hands-on system architecture, real-time data pipelines, and product-facing software; ability to hire and lead early engineering team.
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Founding Design Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$160k-$200k/yr RemoteFull Time
Lunon
Lunon: AI-native platform providing automated consulting and diligence services.
Strong design and engineering skills; proven ability to prototype and ship; excellent communication and empathy.
Framer, Figma, Claude Design, Claude Code, Cursor
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Founding Software Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$150k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Avallon
Avallon: AI agents automating insurance claims operations for carriers.
4+ YOE4+ years building production software; TypeScript and SQL; high ownership; founding role; NYC-based or willing to relocate.
TypeScript, SQL
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Founding Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$160k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Kinetic
Kinetic: Fintech startup providing consumer financial services
Full-stack engineer with product judgment, startup experience, and ability to work autonomously; AI-assisted coding mindset.
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
$120k-$160k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Aurorin
Aurorin: Modern AI-native CAD software for mechanical engineers
Strong systems programming/native app background, experience with Swift and C++, GPU programming experience preferred, proactive and high-responsibility engineer.
Swift, C++
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
HybridFull Time
Double Blind Bio
Double Blind Bio: Develops AI agents automating administrative clinical trial workflows.
Strong full-stack engineering with deep AI/ML expertise; evals, observability, production LLMs; product-minded; healthcare familiarity; fast-paced, autonomous work.
LangSmith, Braintrust, Weights & Biases, Honeyhive
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Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$150k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Neptune
Neptune: Legal technology platform for prenuptial and estate planning.
3+ YOE3–6 years full‑stack engineering experience, AI-native, strong product and communication skills, experience shipping production features and building LLM-powered workflows.
LLMs, React, TypeScript, TanStack, Plaid
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Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$170k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Alden Labs
Alden Labs: Frontend and backend software building AI-powered care coordination infrastructure.
3+ YOEFull-stack software engineer with 3+ years, skilled in React/NextJS, Express, PostgreSQL; strong ownership; healthcare and AI interest; able to ship features end-to-end.
React, NextJS, Express, PostgreSQL
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Founding Engineer
Palo Alto or California
$140k-$200k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TrueMeter
TrueMeter: AI-powered platform for commercial energy savings and bill management.
Experienced full-stack engineer with production experience in TypeScript/React/Next.js, backend APIs and Postgres, desktop/web (Electron or Tauri), LLM features in production, CI/CD, testing, observability, and customer-facing product work.
TypeScript, React, Next.js, Postgres, Electron, Tauri, Claude Code, Codex, CI/CD, GitHub, LLM
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Founding Engineer, Agentic Systems
San Francisco, California, United States
OnsiteFull Time
Champ AI
Champ AI: A startup building AI-powered autonomous agents for enterprise.
Experience shipping AI agents to production or in agent/frameworks; strong knowledge of LLM tool-use, memory, and sandboxed execution; ability to own backend components end-to-end.