Founding Fullstack Engineer
plug consultingNew York, NY
$160,000–$300,000APPLY NOW
About the role
The Company We're partnering with a well-funded, venture-backed startup building purpose-built AI platform software to transform a large, legacy-laden industry. This hire will join the core platform team, building tools and driving software adoption across the firm's portfolio of businesses.
The Role:
You'll have significant agency over the full product lifecycle, engineering decisions, and internal stakeholder relationships supporting a rapidly scaling platform.
You'll be responsible for:
- Owning the full development lifecycle: discovery, build, ship, debug in production, and live iteration
- Exercising strong product judgment to translate internal stakeholder feedback into clear build decisions without waiting for specs
- Partnering closely with internal teams (customer success, compliance, ops) to gather requirements, run working sessions, and drive scope independently
- Synthesizing lessons and patterns across portfolio companies so wins at one firm scale into the shared platform
- Working directly with leadership on both immediate engineering needs and long-term platform strategy
- Navigating data sensitivity and regulatory constraints (PII, SOC 2, financial compliance frameworks) as a normal part of shipping
- What We're Looking For3–10 years of full-stack product or platform engineering experience
- Proven track record of owning product decisions and shipping software end-to-end without hand-holding
- Experience with full-stack and AI development (modern web frameworks, backend languages, cloud infrastructure, LLMs, RAG, agent frameworks)
- Exceptional communication poise and fluency to earn trust with internal stakeholders and cross-functional partners, including compliance, ops, and finance
- High-agency, founder-minded mindset comfortable in early-stage, fast-moving environments
- Recognizable early-stage startup experience (Seed–Series C) or top technical background preferred
Tech stack:
Python, FastAPI, TypeScript, React, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS, ECS, RDS, ElastiCache, EC2, Docker, Playwright, GitHub Actions, Claude Code, Codex Willingness to be onsite in NY twice a week
What's in It for You?
- Work directly with the co-founders as a key technical hire in a small, elite team
- Own outcomes end-to-end and build purpose-built tools from the ground up rather than maintain legacy specs
- Significant influence over product direction, engineering standards, and company culture
- Join a lean engineering team where individual impact is highly visible$160,000–$300,000 base salary
- Founding equity and benefits
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JOB OVERVIEW
Salary
$160,000–$300,000
Experience level
Lead
Location
New York, NY
Occupation
Software Developers
Industry
Software Publishers
Posted
3 days ago
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