Founding Engineer

Shift is a young Cybersecurity startup seeking a Founding Engineer to join the team. As a Founding Engineer, you'll play a critical role in designing and developing our core systems from the ground up. You will have end-to-end ownership of technical initiatives that directly impact our product's foundation and company trajectory.

What You'll Do:

• Design and architect core platform components that will serve as our technical foundation
• Develop robust distributed systems with focus on scalability, performance, and security
• Make key technical decisions that shape our product and infrastructure direction
• Build and ship critical features independently from concept to production
• Establish engineering practices and technical standards for the company
• Collaborate with founders to translate business requirements into elegant technical solutions

What You'll Bring:

• 5+ Years of Experience with Node / Python with proven experience building production-grade applications
• Can-do attitude with willingness to tackle "dirty" tasks and implement solutions that "don't scale" while we iterate toward product-market fit
• Exceptional sense of ownership – you take full responsibility for the quality, performance, and success of everything you build
• Self-directed work style with comfort navigating the ambiguity of an early-stage startup
• Ability to ship products independently, driving technical initiatives from conception to deployment
• Technical versatility to make architectural decisions that serve both immediate needs and future growth

What You'll get:

• Significant technical ownership of core systems that define our company's success
• Direct collaboration with founders on product strategy and technical direction
• Opportunity to establish engineering practices and technical standards
• Technical challenges that span the full stack and shape our product's competitive advantage

If you're excited about building impactful systems from scratch with true technical ownership, we'd love to connect with you.