Founding Engineer — Generalist

Job overview

The Founding Engineer — Generalist role is in person in San Francisco, CA. Salary is $150,000–$350,000 per year, plus founding-stage equity. The startup is building an agentic geospatial intelligence engine that answers questions about the physical world using geospatial datasets and delivers maps, visualizations, and reports. As an early engineering hire, this role owns platform components end to end, from architecture through production deployment. It builds core data, spatial computation, agent orchestration, and product capabilities while working directly with the founder to shape technical and product direction.

What you'll do

• Own geospatial platform modules from architecture decisions through production deployment
• build and iterate on data ingestion pipelines, spatial computation layers, agent orchestration logic, and output delivery surfaces
• ship production code
• identify system gaps and execute on needed work
• collaborate with the founder on early technical and product direction.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

founding engineer

generalist

san francisco ca

david joseph & company

in person

$150k–$350k

founding-stage equity

full-stack engineering

geospatial intelligence

ai startup

data ingestion

agent orchestration

opt sponsorship

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Founding-stage equity and in-office meals.

Why this role

The posting seeks full-stack generalist ability and 3+ years of engineering experience. GIS or geospatial engineering, applied AI research, high-velocity startup experience, competitive programming, and prior founding or early-employee experience are listed as nice-to-haves. OPT sponsorship only is stated.

About the employer

David Joseph & Company is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.