Founding Engineer

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: $130k - $180k

Experience: 5+ YoE

Overview:

Join a passionate founding team and work closely with the leadership to design and deliver highly scalable systems that transform the LLM developer experience. This is a rare opportunity to shape a product from inception, influence its technical direction, and make a significant impact on the future of AI observability.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Feature Development: Design, develop, and implement new features to enhance the platform and improve developer experience.

Backend & Frontend Services:

Frontend: Next.js, Tailwind CSS

Proxy worker: Wrangler/Cloudflare

Application database: Supabase

Analytics database: ClickHouse

Backend services: Express/AWS ECS

Queue systems: Kafka

End-to-End Ownership: Manage projects from ideation to deployment and post-launch optimization.

Deployment & Operations: Oversee deployment workflows and ensure smooth, reliable system operations.

Collaboration: Work on feature requests, integrations, and documentation enhancements to improve usability.

Community Engagement: Gather user feedback, encourage contributions, and iterate on the product based on real-world use cases.

Preferred Skills

TypeScript Expertise: Strong experience in TypeScript (core to the majority of the codebase).

Database Knowledge: Proficiency with SQL and similar technologies, with experience in ClickHouse, Supabase, and Postgres.

Cloud Services: Familiarity with cloud deployment workflows; experience with Cloudflare is advantageous.

Problem-Solving & Communication: Ability to simplify complex problems and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Adaptability: Quick learner who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.

AI Knowledge: Solid understanding of LLMs and the AI ecosystem.

Hands-On Product Familiarity: Prior use of the platform is preferred to bring valuable user insights into development.

Tech Stack

Languages: TypeScript, Python

Frameworks: Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Express, ShadCN

Hosting: Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Vercel, Supabase

Services: Docker, Postgres, ClickHouse, Cloudflare Workers, Redis

Developer Tools: Unix, CLI, Git

LLM Integrations: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, TogetherAI, and others

Remote