Founding Engineer
TrueBuilt, Remote - US based
- Pay
- Not listed by the employer
- Work type
- Remote
- Level
- Not stated
- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- Jul 18, 2022
About the role
The Opportunity
Construction accounts for 4.2% of GDP and employs over 7 million people. Year over year, the amount of new construction increases and the industry needs modern software to help builders manage their increasingly complex operations.
As a founding engineer, you will work directly with the CTO to design and develop an industry-leading platform. You will be tasked with becoming deeply familiar with the construction industry in order to build transformative software that meets the needs of a diverse customer base.
TrueBuilt is looking for engineers who:
- Put the customer’s needs first
- Take ownership of their decisions
- Love to work on any part of the software stack
Construction is the backbone of America, and TrueBuilt aims to be the backbone of the construction industry.
The Tech Stack
The basis of the platform is NextJS & Typescript. Prisma acts as our ORM to connect to a Postgres database.
Github Actions and Vercel power our CI/CD pipeline for rapid development.
Qualifications
- Experienced - You have a proven track record of delivering high quality software
- 0 to 1 - You can take an idea and transform it into working software
- Learning Mindset - You are eager to learn and contribute to all parts of the stack
- Frontend Capable - Break down a design into its component parts and code it
- Experience in one or more: database design, DevOps, CI/CD, UI/UX design
- Experience with NextJS is a plus
- Experience working in a startup is a plus
Your First 30 Days
- Routine pair programming sessions with the CTO
- Meet with our advisers to learn first-hand about their challenges
- Design and implement key features of the MVP
Benefits
- Competitive salary, equity, and the opportunity to build an amazing company from the ground up
- Remote-first workplace
- Routine team meetups
- Unlimited PTO
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
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