AI-Native Founding Engineer

This role is part of the Jobright Direct Hiring Network, where top companies like Cresta AI, Plaud, Mercor, OpenArt, and 1,500+ others hire top talent directly through our platform. Hiring Company: Fancysauce One-liner: Fancysauce is a company focused on AI cost management, providing solutions to optimize AI capabilities and budget control. Salary: $130K/yr - $170K/yr Why Join Us: Role Responsibilities • Step in and make an immediate impact as the second engineer on the team • Take full ownership of product verticals end-to-end and ship new features multiple times a day • Define how agents interact, build, and scale within the architecture Qualifications Required • An AI-native builder: You are an expert in using agentic engineering principles and AI coding agents to enhance your productivity, effectiveness, and quality. You use these tools as an extension of your expertise and own capability • A 'manager of one': You are able to define, plan, and execute on your work, and hold yourself accountable to deliver high-quality work on time • An incredible collaborator: You are able to communicate about your work, defend your decisions, and be willing to give and take feedback with an open mind. Be willing to challenge long-held assumptions in your own and in others' minds • A flexible problem-solver: You'll be working across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and DevOps daily, and should be energized by moving across these contexts to build the product and solve issues that come up. Digging into GCP logs to figure out issues shouldn't daunt you Preferred • Have 3-5+ years of experience in a significant engineering role at a company, ideally in a full-stack role. If you're on either side of this band, we'd want to hear from you about why you'd still be a great fit • Are fluent and comfortable in TypeScript, React, and SQL, and are comfortable reading Python on occasion. We're open to candidates who don't have all of this experience, but you should be ready to become fluent in these core technologies • Care deeply about enhancing AI-driven engineering workflows. You enjoy and derive value from enhancing your toolset and sharing those improvements with others • Are excited about the transformation taking place within the software engineering world, and are enthusiastic about helping companies navigate that change across their entire organization • Have a high tolerance for food puns. If you've made it this far, you may be the exact missing ingredient we need. We work hard, ship great products fast, and find fun in challenges. Building a three-Michelin-star company is not mutually exclusive from doing the most challenging and rewarding work of your career