Founding Engineer

As a founding engineer and our 5th team member, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our technology and product. You will not only lead and strategize on engineering, product development, and team scaling but also roll up your sleeves to contribute directly to the codebase. You’ll make critical decisions on building solutions in-house or partnering with others, all while driving immediate impact. This role requires a self-starter who thrives with little hand-holding, is an absolute go-getter, and can seamlessly switch between high-level strategy and detailed execution.

Responsibilities

• Strategic and Hands-On: Seamlessly navigate between high-level strategy and detailed execution, taking full ownership of projects without ever saying, "That's not my job."
• Hands-On Development: Contribute directly to the codebase, developing and deploying features and solutions.
• ...

About Us

AutoCS is solving the biggest problem in B2B customer management. Customer management professionals are being spread too thin. Reductions in force drive an ever-increasing customer-to-customer management ratio. Entire customer segments are relegated to “unmanaged.” This makes it impossible to proactively reach out to each customer and help them have continued success with your brand.

Now, imagine hiring a customer manager that works with unlimited capacity. Proactively reaching out to every customer – not just top accounts – driving retention, reorders, expansion, and advocacy. Where no customer is left unattended, unlocking untapped growth, and they tell you what your strategic priorities should be based on every customer conversation, That’s what we’re building with AutoCS. We’re helping our customers support their smallest accounts with the same high-touch service they give to their most strategic accounts through an AI Customer...

About Us

We are a venture-backed consumer startup focused on mobile entertainment at the intersection of live streaming, live gaming, and high-stakes prize pools. Founded by a team of ex-Google and ex-AWS professionals, we are passionate about building a new interactive entertainment industry from the ground up.

About You

We’re seeking a Founding Software Engineer to join us full-time, in a hybrid capacity in New York City. This is a unique opportunity to be the first hire beyond the founding team and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our product.

As a senior-level Frontend engineer, you’ll thrive in an environment of rapid iteration and user-driven feedback loops.

We’re looking for someone with a strong sense of ownership, who excels at navigating ambiguity, takes initiative, and brings a confident, experience-backed voice to our decision-making process.

If you’re energized by the prospect of building...

Are you an ambitious Senior Software Engineer ready to shape the future of voice AI technology? Join an innovative startup, where your expertise will be pivotal in building a powerful voice agent platform that transforms how businesses interact with their customers and enhances user experiences. We seek a talented engineer who thrives on challenges, is passionate about backend architecture, and is eager to take ownership of impactful projects from inception to deployment.

Company: forward-thinking startup focused on developing cutting-edge voice AI solutions that empower businesses and enhance user experiences.

Team: close-knit team of 10 dedicated professionals, including a visionary Co-Founder and a talented developer.

Together We Will:

• Design and implement scalable solutions for our production-ready voice agent platform;
• Lead initiatives in software...

Are you an ambitious Senior Software Engineer ready to shape the future of voice AI technology? Join an innovative startup, where your expertise will be pivotal in building a powerful voice agent platform that transforms how businesses interact with their customers and enhances user experiences. We seek a talented engineer who thrives on challenges, is passionate about backend architecture, and is eager to take ownership of impactful projects from inception to deployment.

Company: forward-thinking startup focused on developing cutting-edge voice AI solutions that empower businesses and enhance user experiences.

Team: close-knit team of 10 dedicated professionals, including a visionary Co-Founder and a talented developer.

Together We Will:

• Design and implement scalable solutions for our production-ready voice agent platform;
• Lead initiatives in software...

We’re thrilled to team up with Growi to make your application process both insightful and enjoyable. Through this partnership, we’ve introduced fun and engaging coding challenges designed to fairly assess your technical skills.

We are proud to offer this experience with Growi’s support and approval!

About Growi

Growi is an ambitious startup on a mission to revolutionize Content Creator and Influencer management. By leveraging the latest technologies, Growi aims to build a platform that simplifies and enhances the way creators and their teams operate. This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced, innovative company where every team member’s contributions directly shape the future of the product and the company.

The Problem They Are Solving

Content creators and influencers face a chaotic landscape of tools, workflows, and inefficiencies in managing their work and collaborations. Growi is building a streamlined platform to...

Rockstar is recruiting for a groundbreaking AI startup revolutionizing the phone sales industry with cutting-edge technology.

Our client has developed an AI phone agent that excels in conducting open-ended sales conversations, offering better conversion rates than many human call center agents. Their architecture stands out by making it remarkably simple to sculpt and adjust agent responses to critical moments in conversations. The result? A polished, interactive experience that is reshaping phone sales.

This fast-growing company is backed by experienced founders, including a Y Combinator alum and an ex-Google tech lead and NLP researcher. With a focus on innovation, scalability, and creating a fun, rewarding workplace, this is a chance to work at the forefront of applied AI.

What is the role?

This is a high-growth, hands-on technical leadership role. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with the...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Founding Backend Engineer - Blockchain - this is a hybrid role in San Francisco.

We are a SaaS startup, at the bleeding edge of technology innovation, born in the heart of Silicon Valley! Amongst all other startups out there, what makes us different?

• Live and field-tested product with active, happy customers: Opposed to many other early startups we have a big advantage: a product with happy customers. While many other startups sell candidates on the idea of a product, Guardrail already has it in hand. In just a few short years, we have identified clear PMF that customers are willing to pay for!
• Strong financial position: Backed with significant funding from Haun Ventures and Coinbase, we have made a concerted effort to keep our team small and elite. This has put us in a great position to have already built a product and maintain an extremely...

Overview:

The future is now! Pixona is an enterprise-grade virtual recruiting co-pilot, designed to automate, streamline and improve the entire recruiting process. We ingest and rank resumes, completely automate interview scheduling, and transcribe all feedback. In addition, our Voice AI agent can carry out interviews and automatically analyze candidate responses to provide insightful evaluations. Pixona seamlessly integrates with every ATS and automates the recruiting workflow for recruiters and hiring managers. As we scale, our small but mighty team is looking for a 10x software engineer who can help us grow correctly and help make us into the next multi-billion dollar company. Our co-founders have 18+ years at Google between them.

Role Description:

In this role you Will Build Both Consumer-facing And Enterprise-grade software. Your key tasks will include designing and testing new generative AI technologies, scaling the...

Rockstar is recruiting for a cutting-edge AI platform company that accelerates hardware innovation at scale. Our client is building an AI-enabled platform that helps hardware companies build more reliable products faster, shaving months off their schedules and millions of dollars off their budgets. They have recently raised a $2.6M pre-seed and have onboarded some of the world's largest and most respected hardware companies as paying customers.

About the Company

The company's mission is to accelerate hardware innovation at scale. They are building an AI-enabled platform that helps hardware companies build more reliable products faster, shaving months off their schedules and millions of dollars off their budgets. Long term, they aim to revolutionize how physical products are built. They have recently raised a $2.6M pre-seed and have since onboarded some of the world's largest and most respected hardware companies as paying...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Founding DevOps Engineer - Blockchain Infrastructure - candidates can be based anywhere but need to overlap at least 4 hours with PST timezone.

We are a native DeFi and data platform and we’re seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate has a strong background in managing Web3 nodes/clients, maintaining TypeScript-based backend systems, and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain high-availability node infrastructure (ETH and other major protocols)
• Develop and maintain automated deployment pipelines for TypeScript-based backend
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for nodes and backend services
• Optimize resource utilization and cost management across cloud platforms
• Ensure security best practices in infrastructure deployment and maintenance
...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Founding Design/Product Engineer - DeFi - candidates can be based anywhere as long as they overlap 4 hours with PST timezone.

We are native DeFi and data platform and we are looking for a Founding Design Engineer to build and own our UI products. The ideal candidate combines strong product design sensibilities with advanced frontend engineering capabilities to create exceptional user experiences.

Key Responsibilities
- Design, architect, and implement our UI products and design system
- Build high-performance, responsive, and animated web applications using Next.js and TypeScript
- Drive product design decisions through user research, metrics, and technical constraints

Requirements

Extensive experience in design and product engineering.

Expert knowledge of React, Next.js, and TypeScript.

Proficiency with Tailwind CSS, Shad CN...

Company Description

The future is now! Pixona is an enterprise-grade virtual recruiting co-pilot, designed to automate, streamline and improve the entire recruiting process. We ingest and rank resumes, completely automate interview scheduling, and transcribe all feedback. In addition, our Voice AI agent can carry out interviews and automatically analyze candidate responses to provide insightful evaluations. Pixona seamlessly integrates with each ATS and automates the recruiting workflow for recruiters and hiring managers so they can focus on what truly matters. As we scale, our small but mighty team is looking for a great front end founding engineer who can help us grow correctly and help make us into the next multi-billion dollar company. Our co-founders have 18+ years at Google between them.

Role Overview:

Join us as a Founding Egineer and help deliver a revolutionary generative AI Agent and Technology...

Overview:

The future is now! Pixona is an enterprise-grade virtual recruiting co-pilot, designed to automate, streamline and improve the entire recruiting process. We ingest and rank resumes, completely automate interview scheduling, and transcribe all feedback. In addition, our Voice AI agent can carry out interviews and automatically analyze candidate responses to provide insightful evaluations. Pixona seamlessly integrates with every ATS and automates the recruiting workflow for recruiters and hiring managers. As we scale, our small but mighty team is looking for a 10x AI/ML engineer who can help us grow correctly and help make us into the next multi-billion dollar company. Our co-founders have 18+ years at Google between them.

Role Description:

In this role you Will Build Both Consumer-facing And Enterprise-grade software. Your key tasks will include designing and testing new generative AI/ML technologies, scaling the...

About Us

We are Sam, and we believe that no woman should go through life's hardest, most complicated events alone. Over 72% of women in the United States feel they do not have an adequate support system. So we decided to build one. We are a women-led start-up, launching in April 2025. Sam is a marketplace that connects clients with professionals, experts, and navigators based on life events. We are driven by the belief that real connection can mean the difference between a good and great day. We believe in always moving toward better.

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Mission: Be part of building a real support system for women, addressing a critical gap in today’s society.
• Shape the Future: As a founding engineer, you’ll have a direct influence on the platform's development and user experience.
• Collaborative Environment: Work closely with a driven and passionate team that values your input and ideas.
• Equity Opportunity: Join at the...

Sourced By is an AI-automated, all-in-one tech platform revolutionizing the fashion sourcing industry. We empower businesses to streamline their sourcing processes and drive innovation. With our Minimum Viable Product (MVP) ready to launch, we’re seeking a talented Founding Engineer to help build and shape the future of our platform.

As the Founding Engineer at Sourced By, you will play a critical role in the development of our platform, guiding the technical vision and architecture. You will collaborate closely with the Founder & CEO to transform innovative ideas into scalable solutions. This is a unique opportunity to lay the foundation of our technology stack and significantly impact our company’s trajectory.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and architect the Sourced By platform from the ground up.
• Collaborate with the Founder & CEO to define product requirements and specifications.
• Lead the development...

Rockstar is recruiting for an innovative technology company that is revolutionizing the insurance industry. Our client has developed a cloud-native, customizable, and centralized producer management and compensation system tailored to meet the specific needs of insurance carriers and their distribution partners. Backed by notable investors like Andreessen Horowitz and Liquid 2 Ventures, they are focused on unlocking growth opportunities for their customers by providing the flexibility and insights necessary to manage commissions as a revenue driver.

About the Company

Our client is on a mission to overhaul the insurance industry’s technology and data infrastructure. They believe that existing solutions are outdated, inflexible, and insufficient to meet the needs of innovative insurance carriers and their distribution partners.

Their solution is a customizable, easy-to-use, and centralized producer management and compensation system that is...

About Us:

At AdmitSmart, we believe college admissions is a crucial challenge with significant moral implications. Today, wealthier students are twice as likely to gain admission to top schools compared to their less-affluent peers with similar achievements. We see AI as a tool that can either widen or narrow this gap, and our mission is to ensure it narrows by highlighting every student's unique story and potential, regardless of their background.

We aim to revolutionize the admissions process by providing school counsellors with AI-powered tools that illuminate each student's true story, creating a fairer and more equitable system. Our vision is a future where every student receives personalized, high-quality college guidance regardless of background.

As a founding engineer at AdmitSmart, you'll be integral in building the technology that makes this vision a reality. Your work will directly impact students' lives, helping them access the education they...

About Us:

At AdmitSmart, we believe college admissions is a crucial challenge with significant moral implications. Today, wealthier students are twice as likely to gain admission to top schools compared to their less-affluent peers with similar achievements. We see AI as a tool that can either widen or narrow this gap, and our mission is to ensure it narrows by highlighting every student's unique story and potential, regardless of their background.

We aim to revolutionize the admissions process by providing school counsellors with AI-powered tools that illuminate each student's true story, creating a fairer and more equitable system. Our vision is a future where every student receives personalized, high-quality college guidance regardless of background.

As a founding engineer at AdmitSmart, you'll be integral in building the technology that makes this vision a reality. Your work will directly impact students' lives, helping them access the education they...

About Us:

At AdmitSmart, we believe college admissions is a crucial challenge with significant moral implications. Today, wealthier students are twice as likely to gain admission to top schools compared to their less-affluent peers with similar achievements. We see AI as a tool that can either widen or narrow this gap, and our mission is to ensure it narrows by highlighting every student's unique story and potential, regardless of their background.

We aim to revolutionize the admissions process by providing school counsellors with AI-powered tools that illuminate each student's true story, creating a fairer and more equitable system. Our vision is a future where every student receives personalized, high-quality college guidance regardless of background.

As a founding engineer at AdmitSmart, you'll be integral in building the technology that makes this vision a reality. Your work will directly impact students' lives, helping them access the education they...

At Cargo, we just closed several $Ms in funding and we’re ready to hire our Founding Engineer. If you’re a software engineer with a passion for robotics, we want to talk to you.

About You

Are you a rockstar developer? We’re a team of serial founders who are Stanford / StartX / South Park Commons alumni and are well funded with awesome robotics founders and investors behind us. We’ve got business and hardware covered, and we’re looking for an awesome software lead - someone with the ambition and versatility to join as a first employee at a robotics startup disrupting a massive legacy industry.We have a strong preference for candidates who can work locally with us in the SF Bay to enable tight collaboration and fast iteration.

About Us

Cargo is building the robotic delivery platform of tomorrow. You can think of us as an automated warehouse on wheels.After taking jobs at UPS and FedEx, we...

Rockstar is recruiting for a recent YCombinator (S24) company that recently closed their seed round. This small team is revolutionizing healthcare with LLM-enabled software that helps doctors deliver lifesaving care by securing insurance approvals faster than any other system in existence. With private-equity-owned clinics as customers and rapid growth on the horizon, this startup is already generating impressive revenue and is ready to expand.

Role:

The client is seeking a product engineer to take ownership of entire features across the stack. As the first hire, you will report directly to the CTO and play a key role in unlocking millions in revenue.

Responsibilities:

- Take ownership of full-stack features.

- Work closely with the CTO to shape the direction of the product.

- Contribute directly to the rapid growth of the business.

What They Look For:

- A...

About Us:

At AdmitSmart, we believe college admissions is a crucial challenge with significant moral implications. Today, wealthier students are twice as likely to gain admission to top schools compared to their less-affluent peers with similar achievements. We see AI as a tool that can either widen or narrow this gap, and our mission is to ensure it narrows by highlighting every student's unique story and potential, regardless of their background.

We aim to revolutionize the admissions process by providing school counsellors with AI-powered tools that illuminate each student's true story, creating a fairer and more equitable system. Our vision is a future where every student receives personalized, high-quality college guidance regardless of background.

As a founding engineer at AdmitSmart, you'll be integral in building the technology that makes this vision a reality. Your work will directly impact students' lives, helping them access the education they...

About Us:

At AdmitSmart, we believe college admissions is a crucial challenge with significant moral implications. Today, wealthier students are twice as likely to gain admission to top schools compared to their less-affluent peers with similar achievements. We see AI as a tool that can either widen or narrow this gap, and our mission is to ensure it narrows by highlighting every student's unique story and potential, regardless of their background.

We aim to revolutionize the admissions process by providing school counsellors with AI-powered tools that illuminate each student's true story, creating a fairer and more equitable system. Our vision is a future where every student receives personalized, high-quality college guidance regardless of background.

As a founding engineer at AdmitSmart, you'll be integral in building the technology that makes this vision a reality. Your work will directly impact students' lives, helping them access the education they...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Founding Backend Engineer - Web3 - this is a hybrid role, candidates need to be based in San Francisco or willing to relocate.

To secure the next generation of the web

For web3 to get into the hands of mainstream users, there cannot be exploits that steal millions of dollars in a single atomic transaction. The current exploit detection and response solutions are not sufficient to keep billions of dollars secure. We believe a combination of research-based and data-driven detection solutions and a novel response solution will leapfrog the industry forward in the battle against exploiters.

Role

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain our core customer-facing platform
• Work directly with the founding team and customers to prioritize and ship new product features
• Build and shape our infrastructure including SDLC, monitoring,...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Founding Smart Contract Engineer - candidates need to be based in San Francisco and work in office 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect the first version of our security protocol
• Build and secure production smart contracts powering customers and user transactions on the protocol
• Use industry best practices for smart contract mechanics, testing, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with the founding team to integrate on-chain stack with the rest of our stack
• Help shape the culture of the founding engineering team

Requirements

3+ years of experience writing smart contracts for reputable protocols

Experience in Solidity and deep understanding of modern web3 technologies

Security oriented mindset

Able to work in SF 3 days a week

Job Title: Founding Product Engineer

Overview

Are you passionate about solving real-world problems and shaping the direction of a product from the ground up? As our Founding Product Engineer, you will have end-to-end ownership of our entire product. You will drive every aspect of product development, from user interviews to prototype development, ensuring a seamless deployment process. This role is ideal for someone who has been or aspires to be a founder of a software product company.

Responsibilities

• User Interviews: Conduct user interviews, ask insightful questions, and shadow users to gather critical feedback.
• Prototype Development: Implement rough prototypes for potential product ideas and iterations, focusing on rapid development and iteration.
• Feedback Integration: Collect and analyze feedback from both internal and external users to inform product decisions.
• ...

Job Title: Founding Product Engineer

Overview

Are you passionate about solving real-world problems and shaping the direction of a product from the ground up? As our Founding Product Engineer, you will have end-to-end ownership of our entire product. You will drive every aspect of product development, from user interviews to prototype development, ensuring a seamless deployment process. This role is ideal for someone who has been or aspires to be a founder of a software product company.

Responsibilities

• User Interviews: Conduct user interviews, ask insightful questions, and shadow users to gather critical feedback.
• Prototype Development: Implement rough prototypes for potential product ideas and iterations, focusing on rapid development and iteration.
• Feedback Integration: Collect and analyze feedback from both internal and external users to inform product decisions.
• ...

Career Renew is recruiting for one of its clients a Founding Design Engineer - Crypto, hybrid role in San Francisco. Visa sponsorship available for exceptional candidates.

We’re building the personal bank on Ethereum. Your own bank, on Ethereum. Store money using secure hardware on your phone. Yours alone, like cash.

Ethereum has seen recent fundamental improvements, and it’s just now becoming possible to ship a great product. Payments is just the start.

Requirements

Based in SF or willing to relocate

Experience designing & shipping great UX.

Strong Portfolio showing things you’ve built.

Compensation & Package

Basic could range from 150-250K, total comp from could include equity valued at 50-100% of the candidates salary.