CareerPlan

Founding Engineer & Technical Lead

San FranciscoFull-time$210k–$250k2026-11-08
HybridNo visa sponsorship

Core

Build and scale the data platform and API infrastructure for business intelligence on 12M+ US business records.

Role type

Founding-level technical lead (infrastructure & data platforms)

Builds

Scalable data platform and JSON API endpoints for enterprise clients

Domain

Fintech / Business Intelligence / Data Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Data platform architecture, API design, high-volume data processing, real-time systems, team building, technical roadmap ownership

Preferred skills

Startup experience, fintech/data products, SMB market dynamics

Technologies

JSON, data pipelines

Responsibilities

Lead technical architecture for the data platform, build and scale API infrastructure, own the technical roadmap from MVP to enterprise-grade, recruit and build the engineering team, partner with the founder on product strategy, design data pipelines for ingesting and serving business intelligence

Seniority

Founding, hands-on IC & leadership