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New York City, New York, United States
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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
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 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 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
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, Open Source
New York, New York, United States
$225k-$300k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Datalab
Datalab: Develops high-precision AI document intelligence models and software tools.
5+ YOE5+ years building production software, strong open-source contributions, fluent in Python, experience creating technical content and engaging developer communities.
Python, GitHub, Discord, X, Reddit, marker, surya, chandra, lift, SDK, API, YouTube, Twitch, OCR
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Senior / Staff Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$250k-$320k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rovi Health
Rovi Health: AI-powered care concierge and virtual clinic for employers.
8+ YOE8+ years building software with deep experience in Python, React, and TypeScript; ownership of products end-to-end; production AI/ML and LLM/agent experience; systems and scale experience; healthcare/fintech a plus.
Python, React, TypeScript, LLM
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Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Precharm
Precharm: An algorithmic trading firm solving trading problems in prediction markets.
1+ YOEOpen to candidates with 1–5 years of experience; strong production-grade backend skills and ownership of end-to-end systems.
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Founding Engineer
New York, New York, United States
$140k-$500k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Rehearsals
Rehearsals: Simulates consumer behavior using AI replicas for business decisions.
3+ YOEBachelor's in CS/Math/Physics or equivalent; 3+ years; proven shipping software; ability to work in NYC in-person.
TypeScript, Next.js, React, CI/CD, data scraping, infrastructure tooling
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Founding Engineer
New York, New York, United States
HybridFull Time
Jetty
Jetty: AI-powered functional health doctor and coaching platform.
3+ YOE3–8+ years of software product experience; strong backend, end-to-end product shipping; familiarity with APIs, data models, CI/CD, observability; startup mindset; privacy-focused health tech experience bonus.
Go, Rust, Java, Swift, Frontend
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Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$150k-$180k/yr HybridFull Time
Terrarium
Terrarium: Builds a unified system of record for aging to help seniors live longer, healthier, and happier lives.
Proven experience building production systems from scratch, owning architecture, data ingestion and storage, AI/agentic systems, and compliance; high ownership, strong technical judgment, and comfort with ambiguity.
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Senior Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$185k-$245k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Ambral
Ambral: AI-powered account managers for enterprise customer success teams.
3+ YOE3+ years of full-stack development with distributed architectures; experience with AI systems and large data processing; strong communication and scalable system design.
TypeScript, Nuxt.js, PostgreSQL, Vercel, Claude Code/Cursor
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Founding AI Engineer
New York City or United States
$160k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Nolla Health
Nolla Health: Building AI-powered personal health diagnostic and management platforms.
4+ YOE4+ years backend, platform, or product engineering; ships own projects; strong TS and Python; AI tooling experience; small team experience; ability to scope and ship.
TypeScript, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, EMR systems, Eval frameworks
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Founding Sales Engineer
Boston or London or New York City
HybridFull Time
Clarasight
Clarasight: AI-powered operating system for corporate travel and expense management.
Hands-on technical seller leading enterprise deals; prototypes integrations; helps shape scalable presales.
Python, JavaScript, Demos, Prototyping
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Founding Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$150k-$250k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Pascal
Pascal: AI-native operating system for the CPG offline economy.
3+ YOE3+ years engineering experience, cross-stack technical design, production debugging, customer-driven problem solving, familiarity with large-scale data and agentic workflows.
GCP, Terraform
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Founding Engineer
San Francisco or Los Angeles or New York City
OnsiteFull Time
Clera
Clera: AI talent agent matching professionals with high-growth startup roles
Proven full-stack or backend engineering experience, strong software design and system architecture fundamentals, ability to operate in ambiguous startup environments, excellent communication, must be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
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Founding GenAI Engineer
New York City, New York, United States
$150k-$220k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Arbor
Arbor: Transforms in-person business conversations into executive strategic intelligence.
Experienced engineer with strong fundamentals, hands-on LLM work, production systems experience, proficiency in Python and TypeScript, and end-to-end product ownership.
LiveKit, Pipecat, Twilio, Deepgram, ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Python, FastAPI, TypeScript, React, WebRTC, STT, TTS
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Founding Software Engineer, Platform
New York City, New York, United States
$190k-$260k/yr HybridFull Time
GovWell
GovWell: Automates permitting and licensing for local government agencies
5+ YOE5+ years backend/infrastructure/platform experience; strong distributed systems; ownership of CI/CD, observability, incident response; proficient in Node/TypeScript; startup-oriented operator.
AWS, Kubernetes, Datadog, GitHub Actions, React, TypeScript, Node.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, RedwoodJS, OpenAI API
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