Engineering Remote

Founding Engineer

KDCI

  • Anywhere in the world
  • Fulltime
  • 2 days ago
  • Open to UK residents
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About the role

Role Summary

KDCI Outsourcing is looking for a Founding Engineer to take on broad technical ownership in a fast-moving environment. You'll help shape the technical direction, build core systems from the ground up, and wear multiple hats as needs evolve.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and ship core product features from the ground up

  • Make key architectural and technical decisions with long-term impact

  • Work closely with founders/leadership to translate vision into technical execution

  • Take ownership across the stack — front-end, back-end, infrastructure, and beyond

  • Establish engineering practices, tooling, and standards early on

  • Adapt quickly as priorities and requirements shif

Requirements

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, including early-stage or startup experience

  • Strong full-stack development skills and system design fundamentals

  • Comfort with ambiguity and shifting priorities

  • Excellent communication and ownership mindset

  • Track record of shipping and scaling products independently

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience as an early engineer or co-founder at a startup

  • Familiarity with AI/LLM-powered product development

  • Experience hiring and mentoring engineers as a team grows

Highlights

Lead product development, shape architecture, and build scalable systems from the ground up.

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