Founding Engineer, Platform
- Location
- California
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Compensation
- $225k – $300k + equity
- Visa
- Visa Sponsorship Available
About this role
Freckle is the data and workflow layer for GTM teams, letting users build and run workflows through AI agents. As a Founding Engineer, Platform, you will own the backend engine behind every customer workflow: scheduling, queues, integrations, and the scalability, data consistency and availability of the system. This is a highly autonomous, staff-level role. You will take features from scoping through delivery, shape the platform architecture, and work closely with the technical co-founder on production-grade infrastructure at high volume. The stack leans on Effect and functional TypeScript, with a workflow engine moving toward a custom compiler, a custom eval stack and agent-first product design. Hybrid in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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A meeting lands on your calendar
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Culture & values
Engineers act as product owners with founding-level ownership, setting priorities and defining success
Team works on hard, new problems including agent-native architecture and custom eval stacks
Culture emphasizes autonomy and speed, with people expected to work through ambiguity independently
Team members use coding agents heavily and own judgment on agent-produced work
Startup-native culture with many teammates from startup backgrounds who care about equity and upside
No product managers on the team
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