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Founding Engineer


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 25 October 2026 (15 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.