CareerPlan

Founding Engineering Lead

New YorkFull-time$200k–$400k2026-10-17 → 2026-10-22
On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Hands-on engineering lead shaping platform architecture and applied machine learning strategy for an early-stage B2B SaaS team.

Role type

Founding Engineering Lead (Hands-on IC with team leadership)

Builds

Core platform architecture, infrastructure, and applied ML solutions

Domain

B2B SaaS, Applied Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

End-to-end technical architecture ownership, applied ML model training and deployment, engineering standards and practices definition, hands-on software shipping, team leadership and hiring, build-versus-buy decision making, AI coding agents usage

Preferred skills

Experience with classical ML methods and newer approaches, working through ambiguity and existing code

Technologies

AI coding agents

Responsibilities

Lead a pod of 3-4 engineers, own core platform architecture and infrastructure decisions, set engineering standards and release practices, lead technical design and initial implementation, evaluate applied ML approaches for production, partner on product direction and roadmap

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership