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Founding Full-Stack Engineer (Python / Django / Go / React)

WeekdayworksNew York🇺🇸United States

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeOn Site
LocationNew York, United States
DjangoDynamoDBFastAPIAWSKafkaLLMPythonTerraformReactKubernetesSystem Design

Job description

This role is for one of our clients
Location: San Francisco (On-site)
Experience: 3–10 years
Stage: Seed → Series B
Role Type: Early hire / founding engineer
Why This Role Exists
You’ll design and build the systems that power the product — from APIs and data models to real-time pipelines and secure infrastructure. You’ll be a core technical owner working directly with the founders.
What You’ll Do
Architect backend services and distributed systems
Build scalable APIs and async workflows
Ship full-stack features when needed
Own performance, reliability, and security
Work directly with founders on technical direction
Set engineering standards and tooling
Leverage AI developer tools to accelerate delivery
What We’re Looking For
Strong Python (Django/FastAPI) or Go
Solid React experience
Proven production system design
Cloud-native on AWS
Startup mindset and comfort with ambiguity
Nice to Have
Kafka / message queues
Postgres / DynamoDB
Terraform / Kubernetes
Regulated environments (healthcare / fintech)
LLM integrations, AI observability, or internal AI tooling

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