Founding Engineer

📋 Description

• Build core systems, backend products, and engineering culture at Frontier.
• Own production systems and tooling; design multi-agent architectures.
• Create custom sub-agent infrastructures, pipelines, and harnesses.
• Drive high-leverage engineering problems: data processing, search, onboarding, AI ops.
• Lead an AI-native engineering function with standards and fast shipping.
• Improve core distributed systems, data ingestion, observability.

🎯 Requirements

• Hacker mindset: you’re a hacker in all aspects.
• Full-stack depth with backend bias: Python, Django, FastAPI.
• Production ownership: own complex production systems used by customers.
• Startup DNA: experience in early-stage, high-growth environments.
• Leadership capabilities: mentor and lead engineering teams.
• AI Frontier Builder: engineer AI-native infra, guardrails, evals.

🎁 Benefits

• High-Impact Ownership: own infra for a real product with customers.
• Capital Stability: profitable company with long-term focus.
• Immediate Leverage Work: improve ops, margins, and CX.
• Executive Access: work with cofounders and senior leadership.
• Work Smarter Culture: incentives aligned with balance and efficiency.
• Elite Mentorship: guidance from experienced startup founders/CTOs.