Founding Engineer

Pear Vc

San Francisco, CA

Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-to-senior level engineers who can lead greenfield development and work across full-stack domains.

Best fit for

Candidates with experience in startup environments and a track record of building and maintaining complex systems
— “Rigorous engineering experience at top startups or corporations”
Individuals capable of handling both new development and legacy codebase refactoring with ease
— “Building both greenfield new applications from scratch as well as maintaining existing applications and codebase refactors”
Engineers with a demonstrated ability to collaborate closely with design and product teams during handoffs
— “Collaborating with design and product during handoff”

Things to consider

The role requires a strong commitment to learning and applying AI in a practical engineering context
— “Learning AI to be able to apply to the job”
Remote work is permitted up to 60%, but in-office presence may be necessary for certain tasks
— “Telecommuting permitted up to 60%”

How to stand out

Highlight your experience with full-stack development and system architecture in your resume and interviews
— “Core engineering for developing the platform, from frontend, backend, database, and infrastructure engineering”
Emphasize your ability to debug complex systems and work with logs and stack traces
— “Debugging abilities to trace through complex console logs and stack traces”
Showcase your experience with GPU clusters and AI fine-tuning pipelines in your technical portfolio
— “Develop fine tuning pipelines and maintain GPU clusters”
Demonstrate your ability to interface with customers and resolve application issues
— “Interface with customers to debug and help resolve application issues”

Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

platform development
codebase refactoring
application debugging

Typical background

3 years of rigorous engineering experience at top startups or corporations

Skills & requirements

Required

Greenfield Application DevelopmentCodebase MaintenanceRefactoringDebuggingSoftware ArchitectureDatabase Engineering

Preferred

AI ApplicationGPU Cluster ManagementCustomer Issue Resolution

Stack & domain

AIDatabaseInfrastructure EngineeringDebuggingCollaborationSoftware Engineering

About the role

Original posting from Pear Vc via Ashby

Beautifully Incorporated (d/b/a Kindroid) seeks a Founding Engineer in San Francisco,
California to:
● Core engineering for developing the platform, from frontend, backend, database, and
infrastructure engineering.
● Responsible for developing greenfield new applications.
● Maintaining codebase, refactoring and restructuring the codebase and procuring new
tools to develop faster.
● Learning AI to be able to apply to the job.
● Develop fine tuning pipelines and maintain GPU clusters.
● Interface with customers to debug and help resolve application issues.
Telecommuting permitted up to 60%.
Requirements:
Employer will accept three (3) years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
Position requires 3 years of experience in the following:
● Rigorous engineering experience at top startups or corporations.
● Multiple programming languages.
● Collaborating with design and product during handoff.
● Building both greenfield new applications from scratch as well as maintaining existing
applications and codebase refactors.
● Debugging abilities to trace through complex console logs and stack traces.
● Architecting software systems and databases.
Salary Range: $200,000 - $300,000/year
Significant equity included

Source: Pear Vc careers (Ashby)