Founding Engineer (BoltWise)

Job description

**About BoltWise** BoltWise envisions revolutionizing the distribution and supply chain domain, with a special emphasis on the fasteners industry. Every year, the US utilizes over 200 billion fasteners – essential components in manufacturing, aircraft, automobiles, and virtually all modern infrastructures. With more SKUs than the rest of the industrial distribution combined, the fasteners industry presents a multi-billion dollar market ripe for innovation. We're in the midst of developing an AI-driven supply chain platform designed to simplify workflows and deliver unparalleled insights, setting our clients miles ahead of the curve. With our founders' expertise from roles at McKinsey & Company, Uber, Docker, and Twitter, and a $1 million pre-seed funding in our pocket, we're assembling our core engineering team. **The opportunity** As a pivotal member of our nascent engineering team, you'll: - Work closely with the CEO and CTO to bring products from 0 to 1 - Have the autonomy to steer key architectural decisions and institute engineering best practices. - Dive into exciting greenfield initiatives: from crafting intuitive UIs for customer facing products and internal tools to facilitate human-in-the-loop AI, to developing scalable backend systems and state-of-the-art machine learning models - Shape our company values and define our engineering culture - Immerse in company-building insights. We are committed to being transparent on fundraising, market strategies, and product evolution. Ideal for those aspiring to start their own companies. **Requirements** - **Ownership & Drive**: Take full responsibility for project deliverables, demonstrate initiative, and proactively solve challenges. - **Technical Mastery**: 4+ years of deep experience with React, NextJS, Typescript, or 5+ years of overall frontend development. - **Problem-Solving**: Navigate engineering tradeoffs effectively, balancing speed with quality. - **Education**: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related fields, or equivalent hands-on experience in a software development role. - **Design Insight**: Ability to interpret product discussions, identify UI/UX needs, and create initial mock-ups or wireframes. **Bonus** - Proficiency with Material UI and experience with Jotai or Recoil.js. - Experience in crafting UX designs using Figma. - Experience in integrating and maintaining CRUD API endpoints. Familiarity with Postgres, Redis, tRPC, Vercel, and Azure. - Prior roles as a tech lead and experience in the fast-paced startup environment. **Benefits** - **Flexibility:** Fully remote within the US - **Competitive compensation**: $120,000 - $200,000 with a generous equity package of 0.25% - 1% - **Healthcare**: Employer covers 99% of medical, vision, and dental insurance. Partial coverage for dependents. - **Time-off**: Unlimited PTO