Founding Software Engineer (Full Stack / Backend) at Smvsoft LLC.

Founding Software Engineer (Full Stack / Backend)

Manhattan, NY

Full Time - ($170k-$230k)

About

Join an early-stage, high-growth startup as one of the first engineering hires. You'll work directly with the founders to build AI-powered products used daily by design partners. This is a highly collaborative, customer-focused role where you'll own features from idea to production, work closely with users, and help shape both the product and engineering culture.

What You'll Own

Build and ship end-to-end product features from concept to production.

Develop scalable backend systems and APIs powering AI agents and data platforms.

Collaborate directly with customers to understand problems and rapidly iterate on solutions.

Design reliable data models, workflows, and infrastructure.

Drive product decisions through fast execution and customer feedback.

Must Have

2-5 years of software engineering experience (exceptional new grads welcome).

Strong backend engineering skills with full-stack experience.

Experience shipping production applications or meaningful personal projects.

Comfortable using AI developer tools such as Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar.

Strong product mindset with willingness to engage directly with customers.

Thrives in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership.

Nice to Have

Startup or founding engineer experience.

Background at high-growth product companies.

Side projects with real users or open-source contributions.

Experience building AI products, data platforms, distributed systems, or scalable infrastructure.

Degree from a top engineering university.

Relocation assistance