Founding Lead Engineer

Dream Technologies Inc

$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in building production products and systems
  • 2+ years of experience leading engineering teams, focusing on architecture and technical direction
  • Strong full-stack engineering skills, especially in TypeScript and React
  • Proficient in backend systems design and implementation
  • Experience with CI/CD and developer tooling
  • Flexibility to adapt to various roles in a small team environment

Responsibilities

  • Establish and nurture a high-performance engineering culture focused on quality and speed
  • Own decisions regarding the architecture and infrastructure to ensure scalability and performance
  • Define technical priorities and write production-grade code
  • Unblock and coordinate engineers across the tech stack for smooth project execution
  • Mentor team members and promote engineering excellence through code reviews and guidance

Benefits

  • Collaborative environment with direct access to founders
  • Opportunity to shape and lead the technical direction of the company
  • Potential for high impact as a founding engineer in a scaling company
  • Flexibility in role and responsibilities to adapt to company needs
  • Focus on continuous learning and professional development in a fast-paced setting
Full Job Description
We are looking for a founding engineer who can lead as we scale - someone who is excited to be both in the code and setting the technical direction of the company. This is a hands-on role where you'll take on the most important engineering challenges yourself, while also making foundational architecture decisions, shaping our technical roadmap, and building a high-performance engineering culture from the ground up. You'll collaborate closely with the founders and early team to define how our systems scale, how we ship fast without breaking, and how we build a world-class product that redefines architecture and construction planning.

Upcoming Challenges
  • Establish engineering culture and team norms that emphasize quality, velocity, and ownership
  • Own architecture and infrastructure decisions, setting the technical foundation for scalability, performance, and rapid product iteration.
  • Define technical priorities and lead by example, writing production-grade code and driving execution on the most critical product initiatives.
  • Unblock engineers and coordinate across the stack, ensuring smooth collaboration, clear interfaces, and timely delivery of product milestones.
  • Mentor and grow the team, promoting engineering excellence through thoughtful code review, technical guidance, and a strong sense of craft.


What we Require
  • 5+ years hands-on experience building production products and systems
  • 2+ years direct experience leading engineering direction on a team (architecture, technical direction, driving towards high-quality, fast execution), with or without a formal title
  • Strong full-stack engineering skills, Proficient in TypeScript, React, modern web development, as well as backend systems design and implementation.
  • Ability to make foundational technical decisions and ensure code quality, scalability and speed remain high as the product and team grow.
  • Experienced with CI/CD, developer tooling, and infrastructure - you're excited to streamline and supercharge the dev workflow while we build it
  • Willing to operate outside of strict skill sets - this is a small team, and we need people who can flex to what matters most as we grow


Technologies we Use

Typescript, React, Next.JS
Three.JS for 3D web Visualization
Python with Types, Numpy, PyTorch, Shapely
iOS, Swift-UI, ARKit, .IFC
Postgres (Supabase)
AWS

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