Founding Engineer - Viewpoints AI

Founding Engineer, Viewpoints AIViewpoints AI

We are a PearX-backed startup expanding on groundbreaking research that compared AI and human responses across 100+ findings from 45 marketing studies. We are seeking a Founding Engineer to help build our pioneering study simulation platform from the ground up. As our first engineering hire, you'll have unprecedented autonomy in technical decisions and a direct impact on our company's foundation and future.

Position Overview

We're looking for an exceptional engineer who can own the entire technical stack, from architecture decisions to implementation. You'll work directly with the founder to transform our current prototype into a robust, scalable platform while setting the technical direction for future growth.

Your Impact

As Founding Engineer, you'll establish the technical foundation of Viewpoints AI by:

• Architecting and implementing the core simulation engine that powers multiple concurrent study scenarios

• Defining our technical roadmap and making critical infrastructure decisions

• Building and scaling both frontend and backend systems from first principles

• Creating the development playbook and engineering culture for future team members

• Working directly with founders to translate product vision into technical reality

Key Responsibilities

You will take ownership of our entire technical infrastructure, including:

• Evolving our backend architecture to support scalable study simulations across multiple personas and users

• Developing robust statistical analysis capabilities for simulation depth and breadth

• Creating an intuitive frontend experience that makes our platform accessible and efficient

• Implementing core platform features including authentication, rate limiting, and security measures

• Optimizing LLM API integrations for performance and cost efficiency

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of full stack development experience with a track record of scaling systems

• Strong technical leadership experience and ability to make architectural decisions

• Expertise with LLM APIs and AI system integration

• Deep understanding of distributed systems and scalability challenges

• Experience building production systems from scratch

• Track record of owning projects end-to-end

• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment

Technologies

While our current prototype uses Flask and Vue.js, you'll have the autonomy to choose the best technologies for our needs. Experience with any of these is valuable:

• Frontend: Vue.js, React

• Backend: Flask, FastAPI, Node.js,

• Databases: Postgres, Redis

• Cloud: AWS, Azure

• Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes

Why Join Us

• Ground-floor opportunity at a Pear-backed startup

• Significant equity ownership

• Direct influence on product direction and company strategy

• Autonomy in technical decisions

• Opportunity to build and lead the engineering team as we grow