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.