About the Role
Join an early-stage AI company building growth tools for consumer brands as its second engineer. This hands-on player-coach role will shape the product, engineering culture, and architecture, with a focus on reliable systems that help merchants improve their growth operations.
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 automates changes.
Own full-stack development of the growth engine, with a strong focus on backend systems and infrastructure.
Build reliable integrations with commerce, advertising, and marketing platforms, along with orchestration tooling.
Mentor engineers while contributing hands-on to daily product development.
What We're Looking For
Five to eight years of full-stack engineering experience, with strong backend experience in data infrastructure, event systems, or API integrations.
Production experience building and owning agentic or LLM-powered systems that integrate with third-party APIs.
Experience with Python, TypeScript, LLMs, and commerce or marketing APIs such as Shopify, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, or Klaviyo.
Experience leading or mentoring engineers, and the ability to prioritize work and create structure in ambiguous settings.
Experience at an early-stage startup, including during Series A to C growth, or a strong engineering education background.
Strong communication skills and a consistent record of contributing to engineering teams.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary is $175,000 to $225,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in New York, New York.