Founding Engineer

Walden Recruiting
Chicago, IL
Job Description
Role Overview

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.

What You Will Do

You'll design AI-driven automation workflows, connect disparate SaaS tools, own end-to-end product development, and establish engineering best practices.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You're excited by the idea of being employee #1, helping define a product and engineering culture, and moving fast, breaking things, and pivoting on your work frequently.

Requirements

  • Strong backend experience with modern languages like Python, Scala, or JavaScript
  • Comfortable with data architecture and integrating with external APIs
  • Thoughtful about the human side of software (privacy, ethics, UX, and trust)
  • Prior experience building data platforms, internal analytics tools, or B2B SaaS

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Significant equity stake (founding team level)
  • In-office perks, great location, early team privileges
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