Company
Sira
Annual salary
$150k – $250k/yr
Location
San Francisco, CA
Listed
43d ago
- Experience:
- 2 to 6 years
- Workplace:
- 5 days in-office in San Francisco
- Equity:
- Competitive equity
On-site in San Francisco, CA.
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About this Role
We are looking for a Founding Engineer with 2-6 years of experience to join as the first engineering hire at a YC S25 company building the all-in-one workforce management platform for deskless teams. You'll work directly with the CTO, building on a product that customers already love, demand is outpacing what the team can deliver, and they need a hungry, technically strong builder to help ship fast.
What you need
- 2-6 years of professional software engineering experience with strong CS fundamentals (no bootcamp backgrounds)
- Production full-stack TypeScript experience (React/Next.js, Node.js), must have shipped software that real users depended on
- Back-end strength: comfortable architecting systems where correctness is critical (e.g., payroll, payments, scheduling)
- CS degree from a strong program required, pedigree signals matter (good school and/or good company experience)
- Must work on-site in San Francisco; no visa sponsorship available
What will you be doing?
Own entire product surfaces end-to-end across web, mobile, and backend, shipping features to production weekly
Build reliable, correct systems for scheduling, time tracking, and payroll where businesses depend on every line of code
Work directly with the CTO to architect critical backend logic, including multi-region support and complex business rules
Join customer calls (~20% of your time) to understand workflows and translate insights into well-designed features
Use modern AI tools (Cursor, Claude, etc.) thoughtfully to plan, sequence, and ship high-quality code faster
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The listing gives the location as San Francisco, CA. 5 days in-office in San Francisco.
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