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Job details:
Series B Startup | $500 Valuation | Revolutionizing Hardware Testing
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Salary: $150,000 - $210,000 per year
A bit about us:
Join a fast-growing, well-funded Series B startup at the forefront of building the modern test stack for hardware engineering teams. Founded by MIT, SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, NASA, and Harvard alumni and backed by top-tier investors like Founders Fund and General Catalyst. This company is revolutionizing how aerospace, autonomy, clean energy, and advanced manufacturing teams collect, validate, and act on real-time data.
Why join us?
🚀 High-growth startup with long runway and serious backing
🛠 Ownership and impact: Build features from scratch, influence the roadmap
🧠 Deeply technical product serving cutting-edge industries
💼 Competitive salary + meaningful equity
❤️ 100% covered health benefits, 401(k), unlimited PTO, learning stipends
Job Details
Job Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy tailored software solutions, tools, and integrations that address unique customer needs, with a strong focus on fast iteration and functional prototypes.
- Design and maintain robust data workflows that facilitate seamless connectivity between client data systems and our internal platforms, often operating in highly technical and unconventional environments.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams—including Sales and Operations—to support technical evaluations, guide pre-sales discussions, and define the scope of customer-facing projects.
- Serve as a key voice of the customer by relaying technical feedback and user insights to influence product direction and shape future feature development.
- Contribute to team growth by participating in recruitment, conducting technical interviews, and helping onboard new engineering team members.
Job Requirements
- Proven experience in software development, particularly in environments that require adaptability and a high degree of autonomy.
- Strong analytical thinking and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to work efficiently and independently.
- A user-first perspective with a clear enthusiasm for applying software to real-world, high-impact engineering challenges.
- Eagerness to be part of an early-stage team building tools that enhance the capabilities of advanced hardware systems and teams.
- Willingness to travel up to 25–50% to engage directly with customers at technical sites, such as aerospace test facilities or high-precision manufacturing environments.
- Experience building backend systems using Java or any other backend languages, tools, and frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science preferred
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