Founding Engineer

MeeBoss is sharing this active opportunity on behalf of Suede, an AI-powered platform tailored for modern fashion brands and retailers. Suede streamlines product creation and buying workflows by converting line sheets, PDFs, and images into shoppable, structured data.

About the role

As a Founding Engineer, you will work directly with the Sr. Engineer, interns, and founders to build the core product from the ground up, focusing on data ingestion, backend services, integrations, and AI components.

• High ownership and autonomy in an early-stage environment.
• Direct collaboration with founders to define the early technical foundation.
• Opportunity to help build the platform from the ground floor with significant impact.
• In-person community at AI House in Seattle, including daily lunches, mentorship, and coaching.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Sr. Engineer, interns, and founders to build Suede’s core product.
• Focus on data ingestion, backend services, integrations, and AI components.
• Transform unstructured retail data into usable insights.
• Take proven prototypes and strengthen them for production.
• Contribute to early architectural decisions.
• Build AI agents and multimodal pipelines that power the platform.
• Own significant parts of the stack and influence technical direction.
• Iterate quickly based on real customer workflows.

Requirements

• 2-5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend or full-stack experience (TypeScript/Node, Python, Next.js).
• Familiarity with AI models, LLMs, RAG pipelines, multimodal models, or agent-based workflows.
• Ability to take loosely defined problems and deliver production-ready solutions.
• Strong sense of ownership, attention to detail, and iterative execution style.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure), Postgres, and CI/CD workflows.
• Comfortable working with APIs, data modeling, and integration-heavy systems.

Benefits

• Salary: $75,000 - $105,000 depending on experience.
• Founding engineer equity.
• In-person community at AI House in Seattle with daily lunches, mentorship, and coaching.

Location: Seattle, WA (On-site)