Founding Engineer - FDE | Platform & Infra Focus Job at Longhouse, San Francisco County, CA

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  • Longhouse
  • San Francisco County, CA

Job Description

Founding team of a new high-impact business group

Function: Platform Engineering | Customer-Facing | 0→1 Product Builds

We’re helping a leading development tools platform with a triple digit year-over-year revenue growth rate hire founding engineers for a newly created, high-impact team.

You’ll work directly with a senior engineering leader who was among the company’s earliest employees and previously led platform engineering. This role is ideal for engineers who excel at building tools, integrations, and infrastructure-focused systems that improve developer productivity and platform reliability.

Responsibilities:

  • Partner with strategic customers to understand complex, platform-level API challenges
  • Design and implement scalable, secure, and production-ready full-stack applications and integrations
  • Develop internal tools and reusable components to accelerate adoption and implementation
  • Own the infrastructure, backend services, and frontend interfaces as part of end-to-end delivery
  • Provide field insights to inform platform product decisions and architecture
  • Contribute to the growth and best practices of the Platform Engineering team

Ideal Profile:

  • 3 to 7 years of experience as a backend or full-stack engineer
  • Prior customer-facing experience in roles like Solutions Engineer, Technical Consultant, or platform-focused Developer
  • Strong backend fundamentals with exposure to platform reliability, infrastructure, or DevOps
  • Proficient in Node.js, Python, and frontend frameworks like React/Next.js
  • Familiarity with microservices, API gateways, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and building from scratch
  • Bonus: Experience with observability tools, internal developer platforms, or API management systems

Location: San Francisco, California

This is a rare opportunity to work like a startup founder — solving critical problems with the scale and backing of an established platform. Apply if Interested!

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