Founding Engineer
Engineering
Waterloo, ON / Hybrid
Full-time
$127k-$195k • 0.25%-1.5%
About the role
Join us as a founding engineer to build the future of AI-powered code review.
Responsibilities
- •Research and experiment with novel context engineering techniques to improve AI code review accuracy
- •Design and build core features of our AI-powered code review platform across the full stack
- •Develop and optimize ML/AI pipelines for code analysis, including LLM integration and prompt engineering
- •Build scalable backend systems, APIs, and infrastructure to support autonomous code review agents
- •Conduct research on cutting-edge AI/ML approaches for developer tooling and automation
- •Implement real-time code analysis features using modern web frameworks and AI models
- •Work directly with the founding team to shape product direction and research priorities
- •Prototype and validate new ideas quickly, turning research insights into production features
- •Establish engineering best practices and technical culture as we scale the team
Qualifications
- •Strong proficiency in Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, or similar modern languages
- •Experience with modern web frameworks like React or Next.js
- •Solid understanding of AI/ML concepts, LLM APIs, and developer-facing tooling
- •Comfortable working across both product code and infrastructure (cloud, containers, deployment, CI/CD)
- •Able to deliver fast iterations, ship quick fixes, and move with urgency
- •Not afraid to dive into messy, ambiguous, or legacy code and turn it into clean, reliable systems
- •Learns extremely quickly and thrives in environments with high autonomy
- •Dedicated to the mission and excited to take ownership of major parts of the stack
- •Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with the founding team