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Founding Engineer (Full-Stack)

Centralize (YC W24)
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/18/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/4/2025

The role

As a founding engineer, you’ll help build the core of Centralize’s product across the stack. We’re on track to build a multi-billion dollar GTM company that will change the way people sell forever. You will…

  • Completely own features end-to-end & work directly with the founders to scope out the problem space.
  • Build high-quality, durable integrations with various software apps.
  • Build beautiful frontend components & scalable backend systems at lightning speed.
  • Make complex LLM pipelines work at near-perfect accuracy.
  • Iterate rapidly with customers to address their requests & help shape the engineering roadmap.
  • Build fast .

You’ll be successful in this role if you…

  • Have strong English communication skills in speaking & writing.
  • Love working in a hyper-paced environment with intense deadlines (our customers love us and expect a lot!)
  • Are an expert in building complex frontend & backend systems (React, NextJS, background jobs, DB architecture, etc)
  • Can rapidly learn new technologies.
  • Are able to take undefined product thinking & independently scope execute large features optimizing for speed with attention to scale.
  • Have a history of building large, impressive products either at a past company or on their own.
  • Have an extremely high bar for quality and attention to detail.
  • Care a ton about user success and satisfaction.
  • Are kind, humble, and a great team player.
  • Bonus points if you’ve…

  • Previously worked in the GTM tooling space (sales, customer success, etc) or have familiarity with similar tools.
  • Previously been a founder or founding engineer.
  • Built something awesome on the side (send us the most impressive piece of software you’ve built!)
  • Super brownie points : Have experienced at least 1 sales call (sat in or ran one).
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