Duxre · 6 days ago
Lead/Founding Engineer (.NET / Azure, AI-First SaaS)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $240K/yr
8+ years expDuxre is a rapidly growing, AI-first startup poised to redefine the CRE industry. The Lead/Founding Engineer will work directly with the CTO and founders to own the architecture, quality, and velocity of the SaaS platform, leveraging AI to accelerate execution while mentoring a growing team of engineers.
Computer Software
No H1B
Responsibilities
Own the Codebase
Be the final authority on architecture, code quality, and technical direction
Lead the transition from a monolithic system to a scalable, service-oriented architecture on Azure
Set and enforce a very high bar for performance, reliability, security, and maintainability
Hands-On Development
Spend 70–80% of your time writing production code and refactoring core systems
Ship critical features and infrastructure yourself, leading by example
Review and approve all meaningful code changes
Technical Leadership & Mentorship
Mentor engineers through hands-on guidance, strong technical judgment, and example
Establish practical engineering standards without adding unnecessary process
Build a culture of ownership, speed, and craftsmanship
SaaS Architecture
Use AI tools (Copilot, Cursor, internal tooling) to move faster and reduce defects
Make smart tradeoffs between speed and long-term system health
Drive the technical vision for our platform. Architect and implement robust, scalable solutions on Azure, leading our transition from a monolithic architecture to a modern Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Partner with Leadership
Work directly with the CTO and founders to turn product vision into real, scalable systems
Help shape technical priorities as the company grows
Qualification
Required
8+ years building real systems - Senior- or principal-level experience owning production SaaS platforms end to end, not just features
Deep .NET mastery - Expert-level C# and .NET / .NET Core experience building complex, scalable applications
Azure fluency - Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating systems on Azure (App Services, Azure SQL, Functions, Service Bus, APIs, etc.)
Architecture you've actually shipped - Proven experience breaking apart monoliths and moving toward service-oriented or microservices-based architectures in production
High-ownership technical leadership - Experience as a Tech Lead, Team Lead, or Principal Engineer responsible for code quality, architectural decisions, and mentoring other engineers
AI-first builder mindset - Hands-on use of modern AI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, etc.) and excitement about embedding AI across the development lifecycle to move faster and ship better software
Code quality obsession - A strong track record of raising engineering standards through thoughtful, rigorous code reviews and refactoring efforts
Modern web stack experience - Solid experience with ASP.NET MVC and at least one modern frontend framework (Angular or React)
Startup DNA - Comfortable with ambiguity, moving fast, and building from the ground up in a high-ownership environment
Able to work US time zones
Fluent English communication
Able to provide 2–3 professional references
Preferred
Experience working across onshore and offshore engineering teams
Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps
Benefits
Meaningful founding-level equity
Equity is material, performance-based, and designed to grow with impact
Company
Duxre
There’s a fundamental difference between a platform that simply hosts listings and one that helps you run and grow your commercial real estate business.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase