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
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Build production-grade software across cloud infrastructure surfaces.
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Own technical work from architectural design through production deployment.
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Investigate production issues by accessing virtual machines, analyzing logs, and tracing root causes.
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Read and debug open-source repositories to understand third-party dependencies.
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Collaborate with teammates on infrastructure-related customer needs and share product feedback.
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Propose and drive work independently within two-week project cycles.
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Talk with customers directly and incorporate their needs into infrastructure decisions.
What We're Looking For
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Five to eight years of experience building and shipping complex production software beyond CRUD applications.
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Experience as a founding engineer at approximately two startups.
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A strong background in distributed systems or infrastructure.
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Experience owning end-to-end technical problems, from architecture through deployment.
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Sound judgment debugging complex production systems under pressure, including system-level investigation using shell access and log analysis.
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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.
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