[Hiring] Founding Engineer @Fresh Prints

Role Description

Your mandate is to build the core systems, advanced backend products, and engineering culture that let Frontier scale our leading enterprise automation and workflows.

• Own complex production systems.
• Optimize internal operational tooling.
• Build agent-powered workflows.
• Create structural harnesses for quick and safe software shipping with AI.
• Work directly with leadership on high-leverage engineering problems.
• Focus on end-to-end data processing speed, high-concurrency search quality, operator productivity, platform onboarding, client intelligence, and AI-assisted operations.
• Take a long-term ownership mentality to technical architecture, infrastructure stability, and core business partnerships.

Existing Tech Stack

• Backend: Python (Django and FastAPI frameworks)
• Database: PostgreSQL Database and associated ORM frameworks
• Infrastructure: AWS Services and/or Railway cloud architectures
• AI/Agentic Interface: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Model Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, custom scripts, evaluation frameworks, and real-time observability pipelines

Key Responsibilities

• AI Function Leadership: Build and lead an AI-native engineering function with clear standards, fast shipping, and strong production discipline.
• Core Infrastructure Improvement: Improve core distributed systems, backend architectures, data ingestion layers, search, quoting, data management, payments, reporting, and internal copilots.
• Agentic Harness Design: Design harnesses for reliable agentic engineering: repo instructions, skills, MCP tools, scripts, hooks, CI gates, evals, observability, permissions, and review loops.
• Development Interface Execution: Use Claude Code, Codex, and related tools as a primary development interface.
• Non-Engineer Contribution Paths: Create a safe contribution path for non-engineers using AI tools with rigorous engineering review loops.
• Operational Systems Transformation: Turn messy operational constraints into simple, durable systems.
• Team Development: Recruit, coach, and raise the engineering bar for a lean, elite engineering team.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with growth, sales, operations, and finance to ship software that improves company revenue, margin, speed, and customer experience.

Qualifications

• Hacker Mindset: You are a hacker in all aspects of life.
• Full-Stack Depth: Strong full-stack engineer with a heavy backend bias.
• Production Ownership: Experience owning complex production systems.
• Startup DNA: Experience in early-stage, high-growth tech environments.
• Leadership Capabilities: Strong leadership skills with experience in building and managing high-performing engineering teams.
• Agent Expert: Daily user of coding agents with hands-on experience.
• Interface Power-User: Frequent user of Claude, Codex, Cursor, or similar tools.
• Concrete Portfolio: Proven ownership of an existing product or system.
• Language Proficiency: Strong proficiency with Python, PostgreSQL, and associated ORM frameworks.
• Ambiguity Decomposer: Ability to decompose ambiguous work into technical specs and tasks.
• Innovative Thinker: Creative thinker identifying growth opportunities.
• Agent Failure Detection: Ability to identify when a generative agent is solving the wrong problem.
• Verification Disciplined: Strong focus on verification processes.
• Strategic Judgment: Strong product judgment and ability to navigate technical design.
• Disciplined Velocity: Ability to move quickly without sacrificing quality.

Bonus Points For

• Experience building internal productivity tools, CRM custom engines, or dashboard tools.
• Advanced knowledge of high-volume data scraping, browser automation, or complex API integrations.
• Experience with communications automation tools.
• Built a technical product from scratch generating meaningful revenue or user engagement.
• Co-founded or started your own company.
• Experience setting up AI guardrails at an organizational level.

Benefits

• High-Impact Ownership: Own the infrastructure for an established company with real product-market fit.
• Capital Stability: Profitability and focus on long-term impact.
• Immediate Leverage Work: Work on software that improves customer experience and operational efficiency.
• Executive Access: Direct collaboration with company cofounders and senior leadership.
• Work Smarter Culture: Emphasis on work/life balance.
• Elite Mentorship: Access to world-class startup founders/CTOs for mentorship.
• Velocity Values: Team values speed, ownership, and direct feedback.
• Career Trajectory: Opportunities for personal and career growth.
• Shift Schedule: Work in US/EST shift timings.