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What this role is
A founding engineer position focused on launching a new business vertical within an AI data platform company. You'll lead customer engagements end-to-end while building reusable technical infrastructure that scales beyond the initial deals, working directly with leadership to shape both product strategy and commercial motion.
Our summary, not Protege’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
What they ask for
Required
- 3+ years of engineering experience including 0→1 work in ambiguous environments
- Backend and data-oriented engineering generalist
- Hands-on Python and SQL experience
- Experience across infrastructure, application logic, and data systems
- Ability to build structure in undefined situations and move quickly
- Strong technical judgment on short-term delivery versus long-term architecture
- Written and verbal communication skills for senior stakeholders
- Ability to independently scope technical requirements with customers and plan execution
Nice to have
- Prior founding engineer experience at a successful startup
- Experience extending an existing platform into a new domain
- Track record of converting customer-specific work into reusable infrastructure or product
- Familiarity with ML, NLP, or LLM-based systems