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Founding Engineer | KE Technology

Founding Engineer

  New York

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Location: New York
Salary: Up to $230,000
Sector: Consultancy
Type: Permanent
Posted On: 20/10/2025

Join a fast-growing AI start-up on a mission to harness frontier AI for organizations shaping a better future. We’ve built a secure, enterprise-ready platform for AI Agents & Actions – powering complex workflows for world-class customers.

 

We’re now hiring a Founding Engineer (Backend & Infra) to work closely with our CTO, team (15), and customers in solving uncharted technical challenges and shaping the foundations of our platform.

 

What we offer

  • Up to $230,000 salary
  • Meaningful equity - 0.10% - 0.75%
  • Spacious Brooklyn office – Free meals
  • Exceptional team and customer growth (170% NRR)

 

Requirements

  • Strong Python & Typescript backend development experience (full stack bonus)
  • Deep expertise with cloud and infrastructure: Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, CI/CD (Argo/Flux)
  • Experience building secure, enterprise-grade platforms (regulated or sensitive environments a plus)
  • Security-first mindset
  • Passion for mentoring and raising the bar for engineering excellence

 

Responsibilities

  • Integral to the infrastructure and backend development of platform features and integrations
  • Own and evolve core infrastructure to be robust, secure, and scalable
  • Build out BYOC and multi-tenant environments for regulated enterprise use cases
  • Drive reliability, stability and security across deployments
  • Partner with product, engineering and customers to deliver high-value solutions
  • Mentor junior engineers and help shape technical culture

 

Why Join

This is a rare opportunity to be an early engineer at an AI company already working with world-class customers. You’ll shape infrastructure from the ground up, solve some of the hardest challenges in AI security and scalability, and see your work power some of the world’s most impactful organisations.