Founding Engineer (Frontend)

Founding Engineer (Frontend)

Full time

San Francisco, CA Onsite

0 - 5 Years of Experience

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Founding Engineer (Frontend)

Location - San Francisco, CA - On-site – 5 Days Per Week

Compensation - $180,000 – $220,000 Base + 0.5–0.75% Equity

Visa - Visa Sponsorship Available (New H1B, H1B Transfers, TN, Eligible Visa Types)

Company Stage - Seed ($5M Raised)

Industry - Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise AI, Supply Chain Technology, SaaS, Enterprise Software, B2B AI

About the Company

The company is building an AI platform that helps enterprise organizations automate contract enforcement and rebate management across complex supply chains. Its platform enables Fortune 500 companies to identify revenue leakage, automate compliance with negotiated supplier agreements, and recover millions of dollars through AI-powered workflows. By combining modern AI with enterprise procurement data, the company is solving one of the largest operational inefficiencies across global supply chains. Backed by 8VC and notable investors including Jeff Lawson (Founder & CEO of Twilio), the company recently raised a $5M seed round and is rapidly expanding after securing multiple enterprise design partners across retail, healthcare, consumer products, and manufacturing.

As a Founding Engineer (Frontend), you'll own the frontend architecture of the product while working directly alongside the founders to build the platform from the ground up. You'll help define engineering standards, influence product direction, and build customer-facing experiences that become the foundation of the business. This is an exceptional opportunity to join an AI-native startup at the earliest stage where Founding Engineers have direct ownership over product architecture, engineering decisions, customer experience, and company growth.

What You'll Do

• Own the frontend architecture across the company's core AI platform

• Design, build, and launch customer-facing product experiences from 0→1

• Build highly performant React and TypeScript applications used by enterprise customers

• Collaborate directly with founders on product strategy, architecture, and technical direction

• Translate customer feedback into polished product experiences

• Build reusable frontend systems, components, and design patterns

• Develop GraphQL-powered interfaces supporting enterprise AI workflows

• Make key architectural decisions across frontend systems

• Partner closely with backend engineers to build seamless full-stack experiences

• Improve product performance, scalability, reliability, and usability

• Rapidly prototype and iterate new product ideas with customers

• Champion engineering excellence across frontend development and product quality

• Ideal Candidate Background

• Experience Requirements

• 0–5 years of frontend or full-stack engineering experience

• Experience building customer-facing products from 0→1

• Experience working at high-caliber technology companies or VC-backed startups

• Experience owning frontend architecture or leading frontend initiatives

• Experience as a founding engineer, early employee, founder, or product owner strongly preferred

• Strong startup ownership mentality with demonstrated engineering execution

• Experience collaborating directly with product and leadership teams

• Experience shipping production web applications

• Experience building products with strong product intuition

• Previous startup experience strongly preferred

• Technical Requirements

• Strong React and TypeScript expertise

• Strong frontend engineering fundamentals

• Experience building scalable frontend architectures

• Experience working with GraphQL APIs

• Strong understanding of modern frontend tooling and frameworks

• Experience designing reusable component systems

• Strong product engineering mindset

• Familiarity with full-stack development and backend APIs

• Experience building highly interactive user experiences

• Ability to rapidly prototype and ship production features

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another technical discipline preferred

• Strong engineering background with demonstrated frontend expertise

• Top technical universities or exceptional engineering accomplishments strongly preferred

• Soft Skills

• Outstanding product intuition

• Strong engineering ownership

• Excellent collaboration skills

• High execution mentality

• Comfortable operating with ambiguity

• Strong communication skills

• Startup mindset with high execution velocity

• Structured problem solver

• Passion for building exceptional user experiences

• Continuous learner with strong technical curiosity

• Compensation & Benefits

• Base Salary: $180,000 – $220,000

• 0.5–0.75% Equity

• Visa Sponsorship Available

• On-site work model (5 days/week in San Francisco)

• Opportunity to become one of the earliest engineers at a fast-growing AI startup

• Direct collaboration with founders on product and engineering strategy

• Significant ownership across product architecture and frontend engineering

• High-impact engineering culture with exceptional career growth

• Well-funded Seed company backed by top-tier investors

• Opportunity to build foundational AI products used by Fortune 500 enterprises

• Why Join

• This is an opportunity to become a true founding engineer building AI software that transforms enterprise supply chains. You'll work at the intersection of frontend engineering, enterprise AI, product development, and startup execution while helping define both the product and engineering culture from day one. As a Founding Engineer (Frontend), you'll own critical product surfaces, work directly with founders, and help build one of the next generation of enterprise AI companies.

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