Founding Engineer
Weekday AI
Posted: August 8, 2025
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Quick Summary
Join a passionate founding team and work closely with the leadership to design and deliver highly scalable systems that transform the LLM developer experience.
Required Skills
Job Description
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: $130k - $180k
Experience: 5+ YoE
Overview:
Join a passionate founding team and work closely with the leadership to design and deliver highly scalable systems that transform the LLM developer experience. This is a rare opportunity to shape a product from inception, influence its technical direction, and make a significant impact on the future of AI observability.
Requirements:
Key Responsibilities
• Feature Development: Design, develop, and implement new features to enhance the platform and improve developer experience.
• Backend & Frontend Services:
• Frontend: Next.js, Tailwind CSS
• Proxy worker: Wrangler/Cloudflare
• Application database: Supabase
• Analytics database: ClickHouse
• Backend services: Express/AWS ECS
• Queue systems: Kafka
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• End-to-End Ownership: Manage projects from ideation to deployment and post-launch optimization.
• Deployment & Operations: Oversee deployment workflows and ensure smooth, reliable system operations.
• Collaboration: Work on feature requests, integrations, and documentation enhancements to improve usability.
• Community Engagement: Gather user feedback, encourage contributions, and iterate on the product based on real-world use cases.
Preferred Skills
• TypeScript Expertise: Strong experience in TypeScript (core to the majority of the codebase).
• Database Knowledge: Proficiency with SQL and similar technologies, with experience in ClickHouse, Supabase, and Postgres.
• Cloud Services: Familiarity with cloud deployment workflows; experience with Cloudflare is advantageous.
• Problem-Solving & Communication: Ability to simplify complex problems and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Adaptability: Quick learner who thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment.
• AI Knowledge: Solid understanding of LLMs and the AI ecosystem.
• Hands-On Product Familiarity: Prior use of the platform is preferred to bring valuable user insights into development.
Tech Stack
• Languages: TypeScript, Python
• Frameworks: Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Express, ShadCN
• Hosting: Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Vercel, Supabase
• Services: Docker, Postgres, ClickHouse, Cloudflare Workers, Redis
• Developer Tools: Unix, CLI, Git
• LLM Integrations: OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, TogetherAI, and others