Founding Engineer
Getstructured
We work across AI, computer vision, and full-stack engineering: If you like big PDFs, GPU workloads, clever agents, or turning messy drawings into structured meaning — this is your place. Why Join YC-backed, well-funded, and already generating revenue Rare combo: genuinely hard AI + a $2T industry that’s barely been touched by software Huge ownership — early equity, your work ships and matters from day one Oxford founders — tight-knit team of engineers who love building things properly Moving to NYC in May 2026 — join at the very beginning The Role You’ll be one of the first engineers at Structured, working directly with the founders on the hardest problems — from CV pipelines to product UX to customer integrations. You’ll own entire features end-to-end. What You’ll Do Build and ship full-stack product features end-to-end Design and scale document processing pipelines for 1000s of drawings Develop and integrate custom CV and LLM models into production Work directly with enterprise AEC customers on integrations Architect systems that are reliable, fast, and maintainable Help define engineering culture from scratch What We’re Looking For 2+ years shipping production software (full-stack preferred) Strong Python and TypeScript fundamentals Cloud infrastructure experience (Azure, AWS, or GCP) Comfortable at the intersection of AI/ML and product High ownership mentality — you care about outcomes Bonus: computer vision, OCR, or document processing experience #J-18808-Ljbffr
$150k
...About the Role This is a founding engineering role at a Y Combinator–backed wearable startup, where you'll own the full electrical and board design for a consumer wearable device. Sitting at the heart of a small, fast-moving hardware team, you'll be the person who takes...SuggestedFull timeH1bVisa sponsorship$150k
About the Role This is a founding-level electrical engineering position at a Y Combinator-backed startup building a next-generation AI-powered wearable in the consumer emotional intelligence space. The company is early-stage (fewer than 10 people), has prototypes already...SuggestedContract workH1bVisa sponsorship- Garage, based in New York, is building a founding technical recruiting function to fuel its engineering, product, and design teams as we scale a mission-critical marketplace. You will own searches end to end, build targeted pipelines, and partner with the CTO/Co-founder...Suggested
- Oodle is seeking a Founding Engineer to join on the ground floor to disrupt large markets with a scalable database/observability product. You will wear multiple hats, prototype rapidly, talk to customers, and shape the core stack. You have 5-8+ years of distributed systems...Suggested
- ...healthcare startup in New York to build end-to-end ML systems for medical coding and revenue cycle workflows. We’re seeking a Founding AI Engineer to own core AI systems from data ingestion to production deployment. This hands-on role offers meaningful equity upside and...SuggestedWork at office
$150k - $250k
Precharm is seeking a founding engineer in New York City to build and improve systems for our trading business. You will have significant ownership over the development of exchange connectors, execution systems, and market data infrastructure. We value candidates with 1...- Advatix Inc. in New York is seeking a Founding AI Engineer / Member of Technical Staff to design and ship machine learning systems crucial for public safety. This role involves direct collaboration with founders and investigators to transform digital evidence into actionable...
$156k - $182k
...About the Role This is a founding engineering role at a Y Combinator–backed, AI-native financial research platform focused on healthcare investing. You'll be one of the first engineers on a three-person team, owning the infrastructure, tools, and systems that make AI...Full timeImmediate startVisa sponsorship- ...an a16z-backed startup, is building AI agents to automate the $3 trillion American manufacturing back office. We are hiring a Founding Engineer in New York City to build the digital backbone, ship core AI features, and integrate with legacy ERP systems from 0 to 1. You'...
- Photonium is looking for a Founding Machine Learning Engineer to join their team in New York City. This full-time on-site position focuses on designing and implementing optical design agents, developing ML models to optimize outcomes. The ideal candidate will have strong...Full time
- ...Frequency Trading business. Joining alongside a newly appointed HFT engineering leader from one of the industry's top electronic trading firms... ...who want to build rather than maintain. This is a true founding role with exceptional technical leadership, significant ownership...
$150k - $250k
...Founding Engineer: Build AI Agents Transforming a $2T+ Industry Are you the sort of engineer who wants to build a company from the ground up? Do you want to join a tiny team where you work directly with the founders, ship across the entire stack, and have genuine ownership...Work at office$180k - $220k
...SimCare AI avatars to scale healthcare training. Founding Engineer Salary: $180K - $220K Equity: 0.50% - 1.00% Location: New York, NY, US Contract: Full-time Role: Engineering, Full stack Experience: 1+ years Visa: US citizen/visa only Tiko Bdoyan Founder Tiko Bdoyan Founder...Full timeContract workFlexible hoursShift work- ...projects will happen next. Our clients include the architects, engineers, and builders behind iconic infrastructure such as LaGuardia,... ...win, and deliver their next multi-million dollar projects. As a Founding Engineer, you will: Constantly seek out and make...Work at officeWorldwideRelocationVisa sponsorshipWeekend work
- TL;DR: We're looking for founding engineers to help us build human-focused security tech, reinvent skill-based interviewing, and transform how the the $4T+ contingent workforce industry operates About Ropes Ropes is building a new way for companies to hire talent, starting...
$350 per month
...is done. About the Role: We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer - Backend Engineering with a strong focus on backend and AI. You... ...software engineer. What You Get: Competitive salary plus founding-level equity. Equinox membership (fully covered, ~$350/month...Immediate startFlexible hours$180k - $250k
...Founding Engineer Location - Brooklyn, NY (Hybrid) - Hybrid role requiring four days per week in-office in Brooklyn, NY. Compensation - $180,000 -- $250,000 Base + 0.4% -- 0.8% Equity Visa - Open to Visa Transfers (OPT, H1B Transfers) Company Stage - Early Stage -- Seed...H1bWork at officeVisa sponsorshipRelocation package- ...and working on a vision they care about Has experience at top start ups or big tech companies companies; or is an ex-founder/founding engineer; or someone who obsesses over side projects (deployed and live, ideally). Comfortable with Python/Typescript Pedigree is...
- ...You build the systems that run Hearth's go-to-market: the whole engine, one motion at a time. You're a business builder, not an... ...a true AI-native go-to-market looks like. This is the founding seat on the function, with a leader's runway. Prove the model on...For contractorsLive inLocal area3 days per week
- ...relevant, then surfaces the right insight at the right time. Our founding team We closed a 7M seed round led by Accel and 10'xed revenue... ...impact real lives We are looking for ambitious and relentless engineers to join us on this mission. Whereas at other companies you may...Work at officeLocal area
- ...is building a technology platform designed to solve complex problems across the built environment, and they’re looking for a founding engineer who wants to have a meaningful role in shaping both the product and the engineering organization. This is an opportunity to join...
- ...Founding Engineer, Thera (NYC) Thera is building the financial OS for modern SMBs. Payroll, payments, treasury, spend, and accounting in one ecosystem that actually works end-to-end. We're looking for our first NYC-based Founding Engineer to help scale the systems...
- ...previously part of building Europe's fastest growing InsurTech and founded a licensed EU bank processing payments of €1B/yr+. Now we are... ...and best-funded startups. About the Role As founding engineer you will work alongside a team of experienced 2x-founders and ex...
- ...trade on translated and delivered in real time by our AI research engine. From there the map expands, market by market, until global... ...path to our own FINRA-licensed broker-dealer, and building the founding engineering team now. Why this role exists Ceno's brokerage...Local areaOverseas
- ...a strong focus on building tools that meaningfully improve how hiring gets done. The Opportunity We're hiring our first Founding Engineer to help define TalentPluto's technical direction and own major parts of the product and stack. This role is ideal for someone...For contractors
- ...strong early market traction, a differentiated product, and a founding team with a proven track record of building and scaling category... ...more upon connecting. WHY THIS ROLE We are hiring our first GTM Engineer to build the systems that power Open Insurance's commercial...Work at office
- ...York City that is building an AI platform helping architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) firms find and win more work automating... ...culture, not just execute inside it. They're hiring their Founding Engineer, reporting directly to the CTO/Co-founder. This is a...Work at officeRemote workRelocationVisa sponsorship
$120k - $180k
...Founding GTM Engineer Title of Role: Founding GTM Engineer Location: New York, onsite Company Stage of Funding: Venture Round — Government Office Type: Onsite Salary: $120K–$180K Company Description We're representing a dynamic company in the government...Work at office- ...Founding Engineer Insurance is one of the largest markets on earth — and it still runs on PDFs, portals, and email threads. It's broken. 90% of businesses rely on brokers for coverage, but brokers are buried in manual work. The result: 75% of businesses are underinsured...
- ...We're assisting a well-funded startup in the logistics space with their search for founding engineers. Their product helps freight brokers start and scale their own freight agencies using AI to reduce operational workload. The role will work onsite in the Brooklyn office...Work at office
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