Quick overview
Job description
About the Role
Join an early-stage AI company building a growth platform for consumer brands. As the second engineer, you will build core product and infrastructure while helping shape the engineering culture and architecture.
What You'll Do
Build data infrastructure that tracks merchant lifecycle events and connects actions to outcomes.
Develop an agentic growth system that assesses operations, identifies opportunities, and executes changes automatically.
Own full-stack development of the growth engine, with a strong focus on backend systems and infrastructure.
Build reliable integrations with commerce and advertising platforms, along with orchestration tooling.
Mentor an engineer while remaining hands-on in daily product development.
What We're Looking For
Five to eight years of full-stack engineering experience, with a strong backend focus.
Experience building production-grade LLM or agentic systems with end-to-end ownership and third-party API integrations.
Strong skills in data infrastructure, event systems, and API integrations.
Experience with Python, TypeScript, LLMs, and commerce or marketing tools such as Shopify, advertising APIs, or email platforms.
Experience leading or mentoring engineers and bringing structure to ambiguous work.
Early-stage startup or founding engineering experience, or experience helping a startup grow through an early funding stage.
Strong communication skills and a record of sustained contributions in previous roles.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $175,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in New York, New York.