Founding Engineer

Walden Recruiting

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • 4 days ago
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    Skills

    • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Automationunmatched
    • Best Practicesunmatched
    • Business-to-Business (B2B)unmatched
    • Head of Financeunmatched
    • Intuit Quickbooksunmatched
    • JavaScriptunmatched
    • Machine Toolunmatched
    • Marketingunmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Product Engineeringunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • Salesforce.comunmatched
    • Scala Programming Languageunmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)unmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched

    Description

     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.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationChicago, Illinois

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