Slashy Verified
["SaaS","Productivity","Future of Work"]
Founding Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$140,000–$200,000 /yrPosted 11 days agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Role summary
Seeking a Founding Engineer to be a foundational hire, working across the full stack with a focus on product alongside the founders. This role offers significant ownership of entire product flows and experiences, from UI/UX decisions to backend implementation. The ideal candidate will have a strong sense of design taste, experience shipping high-quality products, and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced startup environment. Proficiency in Next.js/React is required, with SwiftUI being a plus. The role emphasizes direct impact on thousands of users daily and a passion for building pixel-perfect frontends.
## The role
You'll be a foundational hire, working across the full stack but anchored on the product, right alongside the founders. There’s no bureaucracy, onboarding ramp, or micro-managing. You’ll own features and surfaces end-to-end, from tasteful UI/UX decisions to the backend plumbing that makes it work.
Every PR will directly impact thousands of users’ daily lives, so the bar is very high! The average white-collar worker spends more time in their inbox than talking to their family.
## What you'll own
Entire product flows and experiences, including the onboarding, mobile app, chat interface, landing pages, core inbox experience, calendar, and more. There’s large scope to fundamentally redefine the next era of HCI.
## What we're looking for
* **Taste.** You can show us five products you love and explain exactly why. Ours include Linear, Raycast, Conductor, and Things.
* **Design-to-code.** You design in Figma or Paper, prototype in code, and ship in Next.js/React, SwiftUI is a plus. You care about polish, motion, accessibility, and performance.
* **Shipped high-quality products:** You’re previously shipped products / websites / apps that someone else would be truly delighted to use.
* **Agency:** You enjoy not being hand-held, micromanaged
## You will like this role if
* You’re excited to work on a product thousands use for several hours everyday
* You obsess over building pixel-perfect frontends
* You enjoy speed, chaos and impact of a high-growth startup
* You dislike being hand-held, micromanaged, or bossed around.
You'll be a foundational hire, working across the full stack but anchored on the product, right alongside the founders. There’s no bureaucracy, onboarding ramp, or micro-managing. You’ll own features and surfaces end-to-end, from tasteful UI/UX decisions to the backend plumbing that makes it work.
Every PR will directly impact thousands of users’ daily lives, so the bar is very high! The average white-collar worker spends more time in their inbox than talking to their family.
## What you'll own
Entire product flows and experiences, including the onboarding, mobile app, chat interface, landing pages, core inbox experience, calendar, and more. There’s large scope to fundamentally redefine the next era of HCI.
## What we're looking for
* **Taste.** You can show us five products you love and explain exactly why. Ours include Linear, Raycast, Conductor, and Things.
* **Design-to-code.** You design in Figma or Paper, prototype in code, and ship in Next.js/React, SwiftUI is a plus. You care about polish, motion, accessibility, and performance.
* **Shipped high-quality products:** You’re previously shipped products / websites / apps that someone else would be truly delighted to use.
* **Agency:** You enjoy not being hand-held, micromanaged
## You will like this role if
* You’re excited to work on a product thousands use for several hours everyday
* You obsess over building pixel-perfect frontends
* You enjoy speed, chaos and impact of a high-growth startup
* You dislike being hand-held, micromanaged, or bossed around.
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