Jobs · Engineering · California

Founding Software Engineer

Nowadays · San Francisco, CA · 6 mo ago
On-siteEngineering$130k–$170k/yrFull-time

About the role

Own our full stack (React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node/Python)

Ship high-quality features quickly, grounded in real customer needs

Build and scale the AI systems powering our product

Make key technical decisions and influence overall product direction

Shape our engineering culture, tools, and roadmap from day one

Experience building and shipping full-stack products end-to-end

Strong product intuition and a deep care for user experience

Confidence with SQL and modern web frameworks

A bias toward action—you like working fast, learning quickly, and taking initiative

Motivation to build something people actually use

Experience deploying AI / LLM tools in production

Strong eye for UI/UX and design quality

Zero-to-one startup experience

Responsibilities

  • Own our full stack (React, TypeScript, Next.js, Node/Python)
  • Ship high-quality features quickly, grounded in real customer needs
  • Build and scale the AI systems powering our product
  • Make key technical decisions and influence overall product direction
  • Shape our engineering culture, tools, and roadmap from day one
  • Experience building and shipping full-stack products end-to-end
  • Strong product intuition and a deep care for user experience
  • Confidence with SQL and modern web frameworks
  • A bias toward action—you like working fast, learning quickly, and taking initiative
  • Motivation to build something people actually use
  • Experience deploying AI / LLM tools in production
  • Strong eye for UI/UX and design quality
  • Zero-to-one startup experience

Requirements

  • Experience building and shipping full-stack products end-to-end
  • Strong product intuition and a deep care for user experience
  • Confidence with SQL and modern web frameworks
  • A bias toward action—you like working fast, learning quickly, and taking initiative
  • Motivation to build something people actually use
  • Experience deploying AI / LLM tools in production
  • Strong eye for UI/UX and design quality
  • Zero-to-one startup experience

Qualifications

  • Must be based in San Francisco
  • $130K-$170K
  • 0.5% - 2% equity

Skills

  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Next.js
  • Node/Python
  • SQL
  • Modern web frameworks
  • Product intuition
  • User experience
  • Deployment of AI/LLM tools
  • UI/UX design
  • Startup experience

Benefits

  • Free lunch and dinner
  • Quarterly team offsites (yes, we went to the White Lotus S3 hotel in Thailand)
  • Monthly fitness stipend
  • Health insurance
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • Generous PTO with required time off to recharge
  • High ownership, autonomy, and direct access to founders
  • Access to top venues, events, and travel experiences

Pay

$130K - $170K

Schedule

US (PST) Hours

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