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Founding Engineer developing a production run management platform for a pre-launch B2B SaaS startup. Collaborating with the founder and taking ownership of the tech stack from day one.
Responsibilities:
- Audit, improve, and take full ownership of the product's existing codebase and architecture.
- Build and ship features end-to-end using Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, WebSockets, and Next.js, making decisions across the entire stack.
- Design and evolve the database schema, writing and maintaining Alembic migrations alongside SQLAlchemy models.
- Build and maintain real-time features using WebSockets where appropriate.
- Own infrastructure and deployment workflows on Railway, ensuring the platform remains reliable and scalable.
- Write and maintain unit and integration tests to ensure the reliability and long-term maintainability of the product.
- Work hand-in-hand with the founder daily, translating vision into shipped product.
- Set technical direction and engineering best practices as the team's first engineer — your standards become the team's standards.
- Collaborate with and mentor other developers as the engineering team grows.
Requirements:
- 5–6 years of full-stack software engineering experience, with strong system architecture knowledge across front-end and back-end.
- Strong professional experience with Python, FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, WebSockets, and modern React frameworks such as Next.js.
- Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience designing, querying, and optimizing PostgreSQL databases.
- Experience designing relational databases and managing schema changes through Alembic migrations.
- Experience building or maintaining real-time applications using WebSockets.
- Proven experience writing and maintaining unit and integration tests, with a focus on building reliable, well-tested software.
- Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments (experience with Railway is a plus).
- Basic knowledge of AI/LLM technologies (e.g., OpenAI APIs, prompt engineering, retrieval, or AI-powered product features) is a plus, as we'll be building AI capabilities into the product over time.
- Founder mindset — someone who challenges ideas, proposes better solutions, and takes ownership rather than simply executing tickets.
- Experience building products from 0 to 1 in startup environments, comfortable moving quickly and wearing multiple hats.
- Organized, proactive, and highly logical communicator.
- Strong written and verbal English for daily collaboration with the founder.
Benefits:
- ~1% equity
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