Founding Software Engineer - job 1 of 4
The Role
As we continue to scale our product, we're seeking a resourceful, product-focused founding engineer to help us build a world-class firmware development platform from the ground up. This is a hands-on role - you'll report directly to the CTO and work closely with the CEO, exercising real ownership over the BootLoop product portfolio. As the company grows, you’ll help create a team of incredible engineers around you.
What You'll Do
Own major product areas end-to-end. Conceive, design, and implement product features across our desktop application and cloud stack in close collaboration with customers
Build systems that handle complex technical requirements for engineering customers building mission-critical systems
Build world-class user experiences that raise the bar for firmware developer tooling
Collaborate with founders on product strategy, technical feasibility, and platform decisions
Define and evolve a technical roadmap across our entire product portfolio, steering technology stack and development practices based on what's actually driving results
For example, you might:
Build a zero-error computer vision system for extracting information from hardware documentation
Create ontologies for chip and sensor systems to unify datasets across many domains
Design agentic flows across firmware development verticals, from debugging to real-time triage and root-cause analysis
About You
4+ years in software development, with significant experience building products for highly-technical users (engineers, developers, technical teams)
Track record of shipping 0-to-1 products independently at early-stage companies
Full-stack technical expertise - you can architect, implement, debug, and deploy across frontend, backend and all technologies in between
Experience with web technologies (React, Node.js) and Python
Developer tools or infrastructure experience - you understand engineer workflows and pain points deeply
Data-driven approach to building, measuring impact, and iterating quickly
Nice to Have
Embedded development or firmware experience working with hardware, real-time systems, and low-level code
What We Offer
Competitive compensation: $200k-325k base salary
Significant equity: 2.5 - 4.5% stake in a seed-stage company as founding engineer
High-impact role: You'll define how this product gets built and own critical features end-to-end
Direct founder access: Work side-by-side with CEO/CTO daily, shape company strategy
Cutting-edge product: Build something genuinely innovative that helps companies build world-changing technologies
Health & benefits: Comprehensive health insurance, unlimited PTO, relocation compensation
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