Founding Software Engineer
Core
Build a real product used by real customers, working directly with the founding team on a startup environment.
Role type
Founding Software Engineer (IC)
Builds
Desktop apps, web/product engineering, APIs, AI workflows, MCP integrations, UI/UX features
Domain
SaaS, AI, Audio/Video intelligence
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Full-stack engineering, UI/UX judgment, AI tool usage (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Copilot), rapid learning, product thinking, ownership, deployment
Preferred skills
Open-source work, hackathon projects, shipped applications, team/leadership experience
Technologies
WhipScribe API, MCP server, Google Drive integration, desktop frameworks, web frameworks
Responsibilities
Identify product/UI/UX problems and propose improvements, build desktop meeting-recording experiences, build workflows for processing recordings and searching transcripts, invent new workflows using audio/video intelligence
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC