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Founding Full-Stack Engineer

San Francisco, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$150,000–$300,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

A seed to Series B stage company in San Francisco is seeking a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to build its core product from the ground up. This is a hands-on, full-time, onsite role for an experienced engineer (2-8 years) who thrives in ambiguity and desires ownership of major product surfaces. The engineer will be responsible for building end-to-end features, designing APIs, improving system reliability, and establishing engineering best practices, leveraging modern AI developer tools. The ideal candidate is a product-minded builder comfortable working independently in small teams, with strong TypeScript, React, and Node.js skills, and experience shipping production web products.

Location: San Francisco / On-site
Experience: 2–8 years
Stage: Seed → Series B

Compensation: $150k to $300k
Role type: Full-time
This role is for a client of Weekday
Why This Role Exists

You’ll help build the core product from the ground up. This is a hands-on role for someone who loves shipping, thrives in ambiguity, and wants ownership over major product surfaces at an early-stage company.

What You’ll Do

  • Build end-to-end product features across frontend and backend
  • Ship quickly in 0→1 environments
  • Design APIs, schemas, and workflows
  • Partner closely with founders, product, and design
  • Improve reliability, performance, and developer experience
  • Establish engineering best practices
  • Use modern AI developer tools to move faster (LLM copilots, agent workflows, testing automation)

Requirements
What We’re Looking For

  • Strong TypeScript, React, and Node.js
  • Experience shipping production web products
  • Startup or founding-engineer background (or equivalent)
  • Product-minded builder with high ownership
  • Comfortable working independently in small teams

Nice to Have

  • Next.js
  • Postgres / Redis
  • AWS / GCP
  • Experience integrating LLM APIs or AI tooling
  • Docker & CI/CD
  • Active GitHub presence
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