Founding Engineer (Developer Experience & Product Surface)

**Company:** Buildfunctions provides a simple solution to serverless computing, enabling developers to build, deploy, and scale **serverless functions, hardware\-isolated sandboxes, and runtime controls for agents** at a rapid pace — all without worrying about infrastructure or servers. **Role:** We are seeking a visionary Founding Engineer to join our team. This is an equity\-based role with the potential for a salary upon successful fundraising. We’re looking for individuals with deep technical expertise and a proven track record of building serverless compute products — engineers who excel in fast\-paced startup environments and are driven to shape the future of AI compute. This role focuses on building the user\-facing web application, SDK, and developer documentation. **Responsibilities:** * Design, build, and maintain the customer web application using Next.js and TypeScript * Implement dashboards, authentication flows, billing interfaces, and customer\-facing workflows * Develop and maintain the platform SDK and developer integration surface * Improve SDK ergonomics and overall developer experience * Create documentation and own developer onboarding from account creation to first successful integration * Design and implement SDK versioning and maintain backward compatibility * Build customer usage reporting and workload observability features, including execution history and logs * Design and maintain automated tests and CI pipelines to ensure reliability across the web app and SDK * Participate in platform architecture decisions that affect developer experience, reliability, and usability **Qualifications:** * Strong full\-stack development experience using Next.js and TypeScript * Experience building and operating production applications on Vercel and AWS * Proficiency with relational databases and ORMs (e.g., Prisma and MySQL), including schema design and query optimization * Experience implementing authentication and identity management systems (OAuth, AWS organizations, and user management) * Experience designing developer\-facing SDKs or integration libraries with stable, versioned interfaces * Experience writing automated tests and maintaining code quality in production environments **Industry Insight:** AI and machine learning are advancing at an unprecedented speed. We are looking for someone ready to move quickly, as there are excellent industry opportunities happening in the near future. **Compensation:** Equity stake based on experience, contributions, and other factors. Details will be shared during interviews. Salaried positions are expected once funding is secured. **Apply Now:** If you’re an experienced builder with a strong vision for the future of serverless computing and AI, then we invite you to connect with us! Job Type: Full\-time People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply Application Question(s): * Have you worked in a fast\-paced, early\-stage startup environment? * Have you built or worked on applications that stream responses? * Rate your expertise (1–10, with the 10 highest) working with cloud and AWS services, including SDK, EC2, EFS, Lambda, ALB, VPC, Route 53, and IAM. * Rate your expertise (1–10, with the 10 highest) with shell scripting. * Will you be able to commit your full focus to Buildfunctions, without other jobs, once funding is achieved and a stage\-appropriate salary is provided? * Will you be able to commit your full focus to Buildfunctions, without other jobs, in the near future, before funding is achieved? * Do you have experience leading a technical team? * Do you currently hold a visa or work authorization that requires you to maintain employment (e.g., STEM OPT, student, or temporary visas)? * Rate your expertise (1–10, with the 10 highest) with TypeScript. * Rate your expertise (1–10, with the 10 highest) with Next.js. * Have you worked on a developer SDK? If so, describe what you built, who the users were, and the problem it solved. * How do you stay up to date with the latest developments in AI? * If you receive an offer, how much notice would you need before your start date? * Briefly describe how you use AI\-assisted tools in your development workflow. How do you incorporate LLMs or code generation tools into your daily engineering process? Work Location: Remote