Founding Engineer
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Posted:
25 October 2026 (4 hours ago)
Application Deadline:
22 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About the Role
Join a Series A cloud infrastructure company as a founding-level engineer building software that helps teams deploy and manage applications across cloud environments. This hands-on role spans infrastructure engineering production software development and direct customer problem-solving.
What Youll Do
- Build production-grade software across cloud infrastructure surfaces.
- Own projects from architectural design through implementation and production deployment.
- Debug complex systems including investigating virtual machines logs and third-party open-source dependencies.
- Work directly with customers to resolve infrastructure problems and inform product decisions.
- Propose and drive projects in two-week cycles collaborating with the team on technical challenges.
What Were Looking For
- Five to eight years of experience building products in startup environments ideally across two startups.
- Experience shipping products end to end and owning systems in production.
- Hands-on infrastructure experience or strong generalist skills and demonstrated enthusiasm for cloud infrastructure.
- Ability to debug complex systems under pressure including through shell access and log analysis.
- High agency and comfort working without established playbooks or processes.
- Experience with networking Kubernetes distributed systems or cloud platforms is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $200000 to $270000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in New York City five days per week.