Founding Fullstack Engineer: React Typescript

A5 Talent FindersNew York, New York, United StatesLead
$120KActiveverified Jun 12, 2026

Job description

Founding Engineer Location: New York, NY Work Type: In-person Employment Type: Full-time Experience Level: Open (new grads welcome) Compensation: $100,000 $120,000 per year + equity Visa Sponsorship: Not available About the Company This NYC based startup is building the real-world social layer for Gen Z where group-hosted events are powered by tools like AI scheduling, collaborative hosting, ticketing, text blasts, dues collection, and brand sponsorships. Think event planning meets social infrastructure, designed for daily use across college campuses. The platform has grown from 1 to 12+ schools, with 70+ more on the waitlist. Hundreds of events have already been hosted, and the company has landed paying brand deals with names like Monster Energy, the Jonas Brothers popcorn brand, and Winnie Harlows cosmetics line all achieved with zero paid marketing. After shipping 18 new features this year and raising $500K in pre-seed funding (including the largest check ever from CNVC, the startup competition that launched Grubhub and Braintree), the team is ready to bring on a Founding Engineer to help shape whats next. About the Role As the Founding Engineer, you will own the full stack React, TypeScript, and Node and lead the development of core features like: Drop Hosting AI-powered scheduling Multi-user logistics and group coordination Ticketing and dues infrastructure work directly with the founder to shape the product roadmap, scale the architecture, and define the engineering culture. The team ships weekly, experiments fast, and cuts what doesnt work. This isnt a role for someone who needs hand-holding or is just looking to build a résumé. Its for someone who thrives on autonomy, ownership, and tangible product impact someone who wants to build something people will talk about. What You will Get Real equity and ownership from day one Full autonomy and creative control over the tech direction Mentorship from experienced operators and investors Direct collaboration with the founding team A product youll actually use and be proud to build A fast-paced, high-growth environment with constant learning opportunities Clear paths to grow into leadership, product, or CTO roles What Were Looking For Full-stack experience across frontend (React/TypeScript), backend, and basic infrastructure Experience shipping and scaling consumer-facing products (mobile-first or cross-platform is a plus) Strong product sense and attention to clean, user-friendly UI/UX Comfort working quickly and independently in ambiguous environments Familiarity with AI-assisted dev tools like GitHub Copilot or similar Interview Process Behavioral Interview Coding Test or Project In-person Work Trial Interview with Investors Offer

Founding Engineer

Founding Engineer

Location: New York, NY

Location:

Work Type: In-person

Work Type:

Employment Type: Full-time

Employment Type:

Experience Level: Open (new grads welcome)

Experience Level:

Compensation: $100,000 $120,000 per year + equity

Compensation:

Visa Sponsorship: Not available

Visa Sponsorship:

About the Company

About the Company

This NYC based startup is building the real-world social layer for Gen Z where group-hosted events are powered by tools like AI scheduling, collaborative hosting, ticketing, text blasts, dues collection, and brand sponsorships.

real-world social layer for Gen Z

Think event planning meets social infrastructure, designed for daily use across college campuses.

Think event planning meets social infrastructure, designed for daily use across college campuses.

The platform has grown from 1 to 12+ schools, with 70+ more on the waitlist. Hundreds of events have already been hosted, and the company has landed paying brand deals with names like Monster Energy, the Jonas Brothers popcorn brand, and Winnie Harlows cosmetics line all achieved with zero paid marketing.

After shipping 18 new features this year and raising $500K in pre-seed funding (including the largest check ever from CNVC, the startup competition that launched Grubhub and Braintree), the team is ready to bring on a Founding Engineer to help shape whats next.

Founding Engineer

About the Role

About the Role

As the Founding Engineer, you will own the full stack React, TypeScript, and Node and lead the development of core features like:

Founding Engineer
  • Drop Hosting

Drop Hosting

  • AI-powered scheduling

AI-powered scheduling

  • Multi-user logistics and group coordination

Multi-user logistics and group coordination

  • Ticketing and dues infrastructure

Ticketing and dues infrastructure

work directly with the founder to shape the product roadmap, scale the architecture, and define the engineering culture. The team ships weekly, experiments fast, and cuts what doesnt work.

This isnt a role for someone who needs hand-holding or is just looking to build a résumé. Its for someone who thrives on autonomy, ownership, and tangible product impact someone who wants to build something people will talk about.

What You will Get

What You will Get
  • Real equity and ownership from day one

Real equity and ownership from day one

  • Full autonomy and creative control over the tech direction

Full autonomy and creative control over the tech direction

  • Mentorship from experienced operators and investors

Mentorship from experienced operators and investors

  • Direct collaboration with the founding team

Direct collaboration with the founding team

  • A product youll actually use and be proud to build

A product youll actually use and be proud to build

  • A fast-paced, high-growth environment with constant learning opportunities

A fast-paced, high-growth environment with constant learning opportunities

  • Clear paths to grow into leadership, product, or CTO roles

Clear paths to grow into leadership, product, or CTO roles

What Were Looking For

What Were Looking For
  • Full-stack experience across frontend (React/TypeScript), backend, and basic infrastructure

Full-stack experience across frontend (React/TypeScript), backend, and basic infrastructure

  • Experience shipping and scaling consumer-facing products (mobile-first or cross-platform is a plus)

Experience shipping and scaling consumer-facing products (mobile-first or cross-platform is a plus)

  • Strong product sense and attention to clean, user-friendly UI/UX

Strong product sense and attention to clean, user-friendly UI/UX

  • Comfort working quickly and independently in ambiguous environments

Comfort working quickly and independently in ambiguous environments

  • Familiarity with AI-assisted dev tools like GitHub Copilot or similar

Familiarity with AI-assisted dev tools like GitHub Copilot or similar

Interview Process

Interview Process
  • Behavioral Interview

Behavioral Interview

  • Coding Test or Project

Coding Test or Project

  • In-person Work Trial

In-person Work Trial

  • Interview with Investors

Interview with Investors

  • Offer

Offer