Pioneersquarelabs

Pioneersquarelabs

Founding Engineer - TerraByte

Seattle · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 113 days ago
Full-Stack Development

About the role

  • We're looking for a Founding Engineer to help us scale our product and engineering foundation as we grow.
  • This isn't a role for someone who wants to execute a pre-written roadmap - it's for someone who wants to help write it.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build scalable backend and infrastructure systems that power Terrabyte's core product
  • Collaborate closely with founders on product direction and technical trade-offs
  • Leverage modern AI coding tools to move faster and build more
  • Demonstrated track record building and scaling production systems

Requirements

  • 4-7 years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals across backend and infrastructure
  • Comfortable in early-stage ambiguity - you can define the problem, not just solve it

Nice to have

  • Ground-floor opportunity at a company with a clear mission and early traction
  • Work directly with founders - your decisions will shape the company
  • San Francisco, CA (in-person)
  • Prior startup experience or time at a high-growth engineering org (hyperscaler, strong eng culture company)
  • Nice to have: Prior startup experience or time at a high-growth engineering org (hyperscaler, strong eng culture company)

Compensation

  • Competitive salary + meaningful early-stage equity

Company info

  • What We're Looking For

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