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MotherCode · 17 hours ago

Founding engineer

MotherCode is building an EMR SaaS platform that services women's health clinics, and they are seeking a founding engineer to help capitalize on their early-stage opportunity. The role involves owning the technical architecture and implementing critical decisions about the tech stack and development processes while driving product-market fit.

Hospital & Health Care
Hiring Manager
Danielle Wright, MD, ABLM, Maj USAF (Sep.)
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Responsibilities

Own the technical architecture and implementation from day one
Make critical decisions about our tech stack, infrastructure, and development processes
Ship fast, iterate with real customer feedback, and drive product-market fit
Potentially join customer meetings and demos (local advantage)
Wear multiple hats—from backend infrastructure to product features to DevOps
Help shape our engineering culture and hire the team as we grow

Qualification

Full-stack capabilitiesTechnical architectureProduct developmentCustomer-focusedBuilder mentalityStartup DNASelf-directedMilitary backgroundOwnership mindset

Required

Location: Based in the DMV area (Maryland strongly preferred)
Builder mentality: You've built products from 0→1 and love the early-stage chaos
Technical depth: Strong full-stack capabilities
Customer-focused: You understand that great engineering means solving real problems for real users
Ownership mindset: You treat the company like it's yours—because it will be
Startup DNA: You've been early at a startup before, or you're ready to experience it for the first time
Self-directed: You thrive with autonomy and ambiguity

Preferred

Bonus: Military background highly valued—we appreciate the discipline, mission focus, and problem-solving mindset that veterans bring

Benefits

Equity: 3% base (2-year vest) + 1% per month while unpaid Monthly equity accumulation: up to 24% over 24 months
Total equity if unpaid for 2 years: 27%
Equity: 3% base continues to vest

Company

MotherCode

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Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
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