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Founding Software Engineer

$200k - $250k
Full-time

True Talent Solutions Partners

About the Role

Join an early-stage enterprise AI team building software to help organizations enforce supplier agreements and control spend. As a founding engineer, you will shape the product and technical direction while delivering practical, customer-focused solutions.

What You'll Do

  • Build and ship full-stack product features from design through deployment.

  • Develop systems that reconcile negotiated supplier terms with purchasing and invoice data at scale.

  • Make product and engineering decisions that help guide the company's direction.

  • Work directly with enterprise customers to understand their needs and deliver solutions.

  • Contribute to AI and LLM systems that identify discrepancies and support customer savings.

What We're Looking For

  • 2 to 8 years of full-stack software engineering experience, with backend or product engineering experience.

  • A track record of shipping end-to-end software products, ideally in B2B environments.

  • Experience with Python, TypeScript, React, and modern AI or LLM systems, including evaluation methods or frameworks.

  • Strong data problem-solving skills and an interest in working with complex, high-volume enterprise data.

  • Comfort working with enterprise customers and contributing in an early-stage, fast-moving team.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $200,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

Vacancy posted 1 day ago
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