Founding Engineer

New York City, NY · On-site · Full-time Compensation: $200,000–$270,000 + competitive equity

About the Company

Our client is the cloud platform for modern tech companies — the power of the cloud without the complexity and cost, letting the next generation of builders run anything, anywhere. It lets top engineering teams instantly spin up production-grade infrastructure on any cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP), deploy their application code, and monitor and manage it, so they can focus on building product instead of managing infra or getting locked in. It's Series A, profitable, and growing 8x in ARR since 2022, HQ'd in New York with an SF office — a flat, high-ownership team working with exciting venture-backed companies.

Founded 2020 · 11–50 people (Series A) · Industry: Developer infrastructure

The Role

The client is hiring a Founding Engineer to build at every level of the cloud infrastructure stack — production software, customer-facing problem solving, and ownership of complex technical surfaces inside the platform.

Tech stack: Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), Kubernetes, distributed systems, networking.

Requirements

• 5–8 years of startup experience
• Founding-engineer experience (ideally at ~2 startups)
• A strong infra background, or an exceptional generalist genuinely excited about infra
• End-to-end ownership in production
• On-site in NYC five days a week; relocation covered

Nice to Haves

• Founding engineer or earliest technical hire at a startup
• Hands-on infrastructure experience
• Shipped products at meaningful scale
• High slope — figures things out without a playbook

Why Join

• A real founding seat at a profitable Series A: high ownership at a company growing 8x YoY that is already profitable — rare for the stage
• Deep infrastructure work: build at every level of the stack, from architecture through production deployment and root-cause debugging
• Autonomy from day one: two-week project cycles with full autonomy, direct customer contact via Slack, flat structure, direct access to leadership
• Perks: 30 days PTO, 30 days remote per year, relocation covered

Details

• Location — New York City, NY
• Work policy — On-site, 5 days/week; relocation covered
• Compensation — $200,000–$270,000 + competitive equity
• Visa sponsorship — Available (H-1B, O-1, OPT)
• Employment type — Full-time