Founding Engineer

Reference: 321916Founding Software Engineer | AI Developer Infrastructure | Rust / TypeScript | NYCLocation: New York City (5 days onsite)I'm working with an exceptionally well-funded early-stage startup that's building infrastructure for the next generation of AI-powered software development.Their platform gives engineering leaders visibility into how AI coding agents perform across the software development lifecycle—tracking AI-generated code from prompt through production to help teams measure quality, reliability, and developer productivity.Already seeing strong enterprise adoption, they're now looking to hire three Founding Engineers to help define both the product and the company.The OpportunityThis is a genuine founding engineering role where you'll own major technical decisions from day one.You'll work across architecture, product development, infrastructure, and customer deployments while collaborating directly with the founding team and early enterprise customers.The engineering challenges are deeply technical, spanning developer tooling, distributed systems, observability, Git internals, and large-scale data processing.What You'll Be BuildingCore systems that track AI-generated code throughout the software development lifecycleHigh-performance pipelines for ingesting, processing, and querying developer and AI agent activityIntegrations with leading AI coding assistants and developer platformsObservability systems that measure agent performance, code quality, and engineering productivityInfrastructure supporting secure, high-performance enterprise deploymentsDeveloper tooling that operates transparently with virtually no workflow disruptionOpen standards for AI code attribution and developer telemetryYou'll also work closely with design partners and enterprise customers, helping shape both the technical roadmap and the future direction of the platform.What We're Looking ForYou'll likely bring:5+ years of professional software engineering experienceExperience working in high-growth startups (Seed through Series C)Strong backend, infrastructure, distributed systems, or full-stack engineering experienceExperience building production systems where performance, scalability, and reliability matterA high level of ownership and the ability to thrive with ambiguityStrong product instincts and an interest in building tools that developers genuinely enjoy usingThe engineering team primarily works with Rust and TypeScript, although experience in those languages isn't a prerequisite.Bonus experience includes:Developer tools or developer infrastructureGit internalsObservability or telemetry platformsDistributed systems and high-scale backend infrastructureWhy This Role?Founding engineer opportunity with meaningful equitySolve genuinely difficult engineering problems at the forefront of AI software developmentBuild products used by engineering teams at leading enterprisesWork directly alongside experienced, repeat foundersShape engineering culture, product direction, and technical architecture from the earliest stagesJoin a small, highly technical team where every engineer has significant ownershipCompensationBase Salary: $190,000–$220,000Meaningful founding equity packageMedical, dental, and vision coverageIn-person collaboration in New York CityHigh-autonomy, fast-moving engineering cultureIf you're excited by developer infrastructure, distributed systems, AI tooling, or building category-defining products from the ground up, I'd be happy to share more details confidentially.