Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founding Engineer
Job Description:
What You'll Be Building
As a Founding Software Engineer, you'll work directly with the co-founders to:
- Architect and build the core platform for ingesting, transforming, and reporting on operational, financial, and marketing data
- Design AI-driven automation workflows that surface insights and generate investor-ready outputs
- Connect disparate SaaS tools (think Stripe, QuickBooks, Salesforce, HubSpot, Mixpanel, etc.) into one cohesive system
- Own end-to-end product developmentfrom backend infrastructure to frontend UI (or wherever your strengths lie)
- Establish and evolve engineering best practices, tooling, and dev culture from the ground up
Who You Are
- You're excited by the idea of being employee #1 and helping define a product and engineering culture
- Youre creative and driven in your problem-solving
- You love the culture of startups and are ready to move fast, break things, and pivot on your work frequently, seeking that magical product/market fit as quickly as possible
- Youve built real systems from 0 1 (startups, side projects, internal toolsshow us!)
- You have strong backend experience with modern languages like Python, Scala, or JavaScript
- Youre comfortable with data architecture and integrating with external APIs
- You're thoughtful about the human side of softwareprivacy, ethics, UX, and trust
Bonus Points
- Prior experience building data platforms, internal analytics tools, or B2B SaaS
- Familiarity with tools like Airbyte, dbt, Snowflake, or similar
- Understanding of investor reporting workflows (startup founder, CFO, or operator experience)
Why Join Us Now
- Massive ownership You'll shape the product, team, and company
- Equity-first compensation Were offering meaningful ownership that reflects the impact of a founding team member
- Real customer pain This is a problem we lived through as founders. We know the need is real and the market is wide open.
- In-person momentum We're building from Chicago, and believe in the creative energy of working together IRL
- Backed by winners Our Seed round is closed and were building with long-term partners behind us
Compensation
Competitive salary (with early-stage trade-offs)
Significant equity stake (founding team level)
In-office perks, great location, early team privileges
Join us if you want to build something foundational, technically ambitious, and desperately needed.