Founding Principal Architect
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$ 250000 - 250000
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Job Description
Founding Principal Architect
Location: New York City strongly preferred (4 days/week in-office)
Position Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Work Policy: Hybrid Remote or In-Office (U.S. only)
Start Timeline: ASAP
Work location details
NYC preferred: 4 days/week in-office
SF acceptable: 1 week/month travel to NYC
Remote: 2 weeks/month travel to NYC (more flexible after ramp-up)
Relocation Assistance: Up to $10K available for the right candidate
Compensation
Base Salary: $0 - $250000 (varies by interview performance level and location)
Equity: Competitive
About
A seed-stage AI startup focused on transforming how in-house legal teams operate building an AI platform for automating legal workflows like request triage redlining drafting and Q&A.
Role summary
Hiring a Lead Founding Engineer & Architect to own system design and implementation across the full stack. Responsible for backend and infrastructure development delivering product features end-to-end and helping recruit and mentor early engineers. Collaborates closely with the founders to shape product direction and company culture.
Why join
Founding opportunity to help shape product team and engineering culture
Work directly with experienced legal-focused engineering founders
Early leadership role with potential to grow into Head of SWE or CTO
Backed by top-tier VCs
High ownership high impact role
Equity and competitive compensation package
Tech environment
Languages: JavaScript TypeScript
Tools/Frameworks: React
Database: Postgres
Cloud: GCP
Focus: Building scalable production-grade web applications
Responsibilities
Lead architecture and development of application infrastructure and integrations
Drive backend and infrastructure work using GCP and related tools
Build full-stack product features in collaboration with founders and legal experts
Define and enforce engineering best practices (CI/CD security reviews)
Mentor junior and mid-level engineers as the team grows
Contribute to product strategy and roadmap planning
Make key technical decisions around scalability performance and reliability
Must-have qualifications
5-10 years of professional software engineering experience
Experience leading end-to-end projects and/or managing developers
Deep expertise in React JavaScript/TypeScript
Proven track record designing complex application and infrastructure systems
Familiarity with DevOps workflows
Experience scaling production-grade web applications
Strong ownership mindset and ability to work through ambiguity
Excellent communication skills
Preferred qualifications
Early-stage startup or hyper-growth experience
Experience in legal tech or other regulated industries
Familiarity with enterprise security/compliance (OAuth SOC 2 GDPR)
Employment Type
Full Time
