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  • Founding Engineer

    9 hours ago


    New York, United States June Point Lending Full-time

    Founding Engineer Reporting to: William DeVar , Technical Co-Founder Location: Richmond VA (Preferred), Open to exceptional NYC or Remote candidates About June Point Lending June Point Lending is making homeownership possible and more accessible for a creditworthy but underserved segment of the market: business owners, self-employed workers, and real estate...

  • Founding Engineer

    10 hours ago


    new york, United States People In AI Full-time

    Founding Engineer – AI & Full StackLocation: New York City | 5 Days OnsiteCompensation: $180 K–$250 K Base + Founding-Level EquityWe're partnering with a fast-growing, post-Series A healthcare technology startup that's reimagining how complex care is coordinated through software and AI.They're building an AI-native platform that combines intelligent...

  • Founding Engineer

    9 hours ago


    New York, United States River Full-time

    RIVER Founding Engineer About River River builds AI voice agents for B2B SaaS sales teams. Our agent talks with prospects in real time: it qualifies them, answers the hard questions, demos the product by actually using it in a browser while it speaks, and follows up until the deal closes. A full AI seller, available 24/7. We just closed a $2M pre-seed,...

  • Founding Engineer

    9 hours ago


    New York, United States arcadia Full-time

    About the Opportunity An early stage technology company is building an AI-powered software platform designed to automate complex workflows and improve how healthcare organizations operate at scale. The team is small, highly technical, and already delivering to real customers. This is an opportunity to join at the ground floor and help shape product...

  • Founding Engineer

    9 hours ago


    New York, United States Spring Full-time

    About us Spring provides working capital to consumer brands. In under a year, we've advanced more than $200 million to over 200 customers. Three people built nearly the entire technology stack. Spring is backed by a $300 million bank facility and $30 million in equity. We're hiring a founding engineer to build the next stage: AI agents that manage...

  • Founding Engineer

    9 hours ago


    New York, United States Open Systems Technologies Full-time

    An AI startup in New York City is looking for a Founding Engineer to join their team. Compensation: $180K-$250K + Equity Location: New York, NY; 5 days onsite per week US Citizen/GC Holders Only; No Visa Sponsorship Within this role, you'll own a full product area from day one, from the first idea through production, with no PM between you and the...

  • Founding Engineer

    9 hours ago


    New York, United States SkyBuds Full-time

    About SkyBuds SkyBuds makes screen-free AI plush friends for curious kids ages 3 to 10. Ash, Pearl and Sprout each have their own voice and personality: they answer big questions, tell stories that go wherever a child's imagination takes them, play games and help kids become smarter and more mature. We believe in an extremely social AI world, where people...

  • Founding Engineer

    1 day ago


    new york, United States Albert Bow Full-time

    Founding Engineer, CTO New York City | On-site $250,000-$300,000 + meaningful equity Albert Bow are support an early stage start-up in NYC who are currently on the lookout for a Founding Engineer who is interested in finding a role to give them a clear pathway to CTO. Our client is building an AI-powered product that connects contracts, documents, invoices...

  • Founding Engineer

    2 days ago


    New York, United States True Talent Solutions Partners Full-time $210,000 - $260,000 Contract

    About the Role Join an early-stage healthtech team as its backend-leaning Founding Engineer. You will build and operate the core platform for real-time prescription pricing, claims processing, and payments, where reliability directly affects access to medication and financial transactions. What You'll Do • Own backend APIs, database design, access...

  • Founding Engineer

    2 days ago


    new york, United States Cleartech Recruiting Full-time

    Senior-Level Software Engineer, Fintech PlatformOur client is a venture-backed fintech company building core infrastructure for consumer lending. Their platform connects retail partners with financial institutions so new financing products are easier to launch and deliver at the point of sale. The company is growing quickly and hiring engineers to build the...

  • Founding Engineer

    2 days ago


    new york, United States Digital Waffle Full-time

    Founding EngineerFull-time | Hybrid — New York, NY | $120 K–$180 K + Competitive EquityI'm working on behalf of a VC-backed startup (Google + Y Combinator among the backers) building the AI-native infrastructure to change that. They're looking for a Founding Engineer to help lead the charge — a lean team, real traction, and a founder's-mentality...

  • Founding Engineer

    2 days ago


    new york, United States Nxt Level Full-time

    Founding Backend EngineerLocation: New York City or San Fran - 4 days per week onsite, 1 day remoteWork Style: In-office, 5 days per weekEmployment Type: Full-timeExperience: 6–10 yearsFocus: Backend Engineering, Data Modeling, Knowledge Graphs, Agentic Workflows, Chemical ManufacturingAbout Our ClientOur client is building an AI-native platform for the...

  • Founding Engineer

    3 days ago


    New York, United States A4Assist Full-time $200,000 - $250,000 Contract

    🚀 We're Hiring: Founding Engineer | AI Startup | $200K–$250K + Equity 🔥 Exciting opportunity to join an early-stage AI startup building next-generation AI agents! 📍 Location: New York City (Open to Remote Candidates) 💰 Salary: $200K–$250K Base + Meaningful Equity 💼 Experience: 4-10 Years ⚡ Role: Founding Engineer | Full-Stack & Applied...

  • Founding Engineer

    13 hours ago


    New York, NY, United States a16z-speedrun Full-time

    What we're buildingCascade is an AI orchestration layer transforming how the physical world gets built. We analyze billions of signals to predict where major construction projects will happen next.Our clients include the architects, engineers, and builders behind iconic infrastructure such as LaGuardia, JFK, Penn Station, nuclear reactors, data centers, and...

  • Founding Engineer

    13 hours ago


    New York, NY, United States Runrehearsals Full-time

    ABOUT REHEARSALS The team is ex-DeepMind, ex-Databricks, and ex-Stanford. We launched the first Gemini API, designed Google Lens, post-trained state-of-the-art coding models, started companies that have been acquired, and been awarded more than 25 patents. Rehearsals is the only company that builds AI twins of real people. Companies use our technology to...

  • Founding Engineer

    2 days ago


    New York, NY, United States EcoGPT Full-time

    Founding Engineer New York City · In person $150,000–$250,000 salary + 1-3% equity Interested in this role You can find all the relevant information in the description below. About EcoGPT EcoGPT is building an AI company centered around people and the planet. We’ve grown to 3M+ users and are currently growing 50–100% month over month. We’re...

  • Founding Engineer

    2 days ago


    New York, NY, United States KADENCE Full-time

    Founding Engineer About the opportunity We are partnering with an early-stage, well-funded startup building the interface for the next generation of enterprise decision-making, powered by behavioral simulations and LLMs. The company is working with its first enterprise customers and is hiring a Founding Engineer to turn its initial product into a scalable,...

  • Founding Engineer

    2 days ago


    New York, NY, United States MLabs Ltd Full-time

    Location:New York, United States (Hybrid)Hybrid| Full-timeCompensation:$200K - $300KOur client, a high-growth fintech venture backed by leading industry accelerators, is developing a next-generation institutional trading venue for foreign exchange (FX) hedging. To drive this technical vision forward, our client is seeking a Founding Engineer with...

  • Founding Engineer

    13 hours ago


    New York, NY, United States Benchstrength Full-time

    Robby AI agents that grow revenue for home services businesses Founding Engineer $150K - $250K 0.50% - 1.00% New York, NY, US Full-time Engineering, Full stack 3+ years US citizen/visa only Amazon Web Services (AWS), Python, TypeScript, AI Agents Vineet Jammalamadaka CEO About the role About Robby (YC W26) Robby is building the AI sales platform for home...

  • Founding Engineer

    13 hours ago


    New York, NY, United States Wintermeyer Ventures Full-time

    About the RoleJoin an early-stage consumer AI team as a founding engineer, building agent systems and product features from architecture through launch. You will help shape a simple, engaging AI experience while improving the infrastructure behind it.What You'll DoBuild and improve the agent harness, including tool use, memory, system prompts, retrieval, and...