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Founding Engineer

Solva · New York, NY · 4 mo ago
On-siteEngineering$120k–$200k/yrFull-time

What you’ll do

  • Architect and build production systems for our core products
  • Lead on infrastructure and backend (Go, Rust, Kotlin, Postgres, GCP/AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD)
  • Work across the stack where needed (React, Vite, TypeScript)
  • Ship fast, iterate with customers and turn messy problems into clean, scalable systems
  • Collaborate with the CTO on the long-term technical vision and future team structure
  • What we’re looking for

    • Strong backend and infrastructure experience (cloud, infra-as-code, scaling systems, observability)
    • Ability to own technical decisions and balance pragmatism with long-term design
    • Excited to build directly with customers in complex, real-world industries
    • Joy in moving fast, breaking down ambiguity on a whiteboard and making solid engineering judgement calls
    • Leadership mindset: eager to shape culture, mentor future hires, and grow into a key technical leader
    • Pay

      $120K - $200K

      Schedule

      Full-time

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