Founding Engineer
You will work across the full stack (Next.js, Node, Postgres, Stripe, AWS) and use AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex. As the first engineering hire at a profitable, bootstrapped platform founded in 2024, you will lead the agentic and AI-powered features for its creator tools—enabling content creators to launch branded membership products. You’ll work directly with the technical co-founder to build a new "creator operating system," owning features end-to-end from concept to shipping.
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The role
A profitable, bootstrapped platform founded in 2024 has tripled revenue in recent months, serving hundreds of thousands of end users through its creator tools. They give content creators the building blocks to launch their own branded membership products, from content hosting and payments to growth tools and AI features tailored to their vertical.
This is the first engineering hire, working directly with the technical co-founder to lead the agentic and AI-powered side of the platform. You'll own features end-to-end, from concept to shipping, often within a day, directly impacting hundreds of thousands of users. This isn't a ticket-taker role on a large team; it's a rare seat to build a new "creator operating system" with high autonomy and immediate impact.
The work
Lead the design, development, and deployment of agentic and AI-powered features, owning them end-to-end.
Engage directly with creators to understand needs, then rapidly prototype and ship solutions to a platform serving 400,000+ users.
Drive the technical direction and implementation of a new "creator operating system" using modern AI tools.
Operate across the full stack (Next.js, Node, Postgres, Stripe, AWS), ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
What You Bring
3+ years of engineering experience at a product-driven company, with a track record of shipping agentic or AI-powered features in production.
Fluency across the full stack: Next.js, Node, Postgres, Stripe, AWS.
A builder's mindset: you take vague briefs, define the problem, and ship solutions, holding your own in product conversations.
Daily leverage from AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex.
Why apply through Dex
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