Recruiting from Scratch · 13 hours ago
Founding Engineer
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $185K/yr
5+ years expRecruiting from Scratch is a specialized talent firm dedicated to helping companies build exceptional teams. They are representing an early-stage, venture-backed startup building an AI-powered Sales Co-Pilot and CRM for the industrial distribution and steel industries, seeking a Founding Engineer to shape the product and technical foundation of the platform.
Staffing Agency
Hiring Manager
Dylan R.S. Young
Responsibilities
Design and implement full-stack features across a modern CRM and AI-powered sales platform
Build and maintain integrations with ERPs, email systems, telephony providers, and third-party APIs
Develop and evolve GraphQL APIs to support scalable, flexible client experiences
Integrate and optimize LLM-powered automation features that directly impact customer workflows
Deploy, manage, and scale applications in Kubernetes-based environments
Collaborate closely with product and sales teams to deeply understand user needs and translate them into high-quality features
Take strong ownership over product quality, system reliability, and technical decision-making
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong proficiency in Python and Django
Experience building modern frontends with TypeScript and React
Experience designing and consuming APIs and integrating external services
Familiarity with GraphQL (experience with Graphene is a plus)
Understanding of Kubernetes-based deployment and orchestration
Experience building or integrating generative AI and LLM-powered features
Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Comfortable working onsite in New York City 3–5 days per week
Preferred
Prior experience building or working with CRMs
Experience integrating email and telephony systems
Exposure to industrial, manufacturing, or steel-related domains
Experience with prompt engineering or LLM fine-tuning
CI/CD pipeline experience
Familiarity with automation or scripting tools
Benefits
Equity: Meaningful equity ownership as part of a founding-level role.
Work Model: New York–based onsite schedule (3–5 days per week).
Technology: Opportunity to work hands-on with modern AI, LLMs, and production-grade SaaS systems.
Impact: High ownership and influence over both product direction and technical architecture.
Team: Collaborative, high-trust environment with direct exposure to customers and business outcomes.
Growth: Join a rapidly scaling company onboarding customers at a fast pace.
Company
Recruiting from Scratch
A recruiting agency working with technology companies to help them hire software engineers, data roles, product managers, and hardware.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Will Sanders
Founder / CEO
Tom Callahan
Managing Partner, Retained Executive Search
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