Founding Engineer

Gild OverviewFilling open skilled-trade positions is one of the greatest challenges facing critical American industry today. At Gild, our mission is to revitalize the trades and power a new era of growth"”starting by supercharging workforce recruitment. Were tackling a nationwide labor shortage projected to cost the U.S. economy an estimated $2.5 trillion by 2028 if left unaddressed. From schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, to the places we live"”the most important things being built in America are missing something crucial...the people to build them. We partner with national, regional, and local specialty trade contractors to build robust talent pipelines, connecting them with the dedicated professionals who form the backbone of our economy. Backed by Afore Capital, Gild is steadfast in our commitment to unlocking the potential of America's skilled workforce.Job OverviewAs a Founding Engineer at Gild, you will take ownership across the stack - frontend, backend, and infrastructure. You will build solutions for customers quickly, iterate, build things for scale, and repeat. Think forward deployed engineer with more ownership and autonomy. We are working with some of the newest and most interesting AI infra, from voice and vision models, to transcription and generative content. We apply these solutions across various stakeholders like trade schools, national contractors, and job-seekers to automate workflows and make the impossible, possible. This role will spearhead all things AI development--from refining and improving on existing components and building in house solutions from the ground up. Product velocity is at the core of everything we do.The ideal candidate for this role is someone who truly thrives in ambiguity, embraces high levels of agency and autonomy, demonstrates world-class technical expertise, and yearns for an entrepreneurial environment.The ideal candidate is NOT this:A Perfectionist. Tendency to overdesign something and to spend 4 weeks building the perfect implementation versus 1 week building the thing that "just works" for 95% of the time."Someone who lacks urgency. If you are used to, and enjoy, a company setting where it is okay for a project to take a few extra weeks, this role is not for you.Someone who dislikes seeing things through, end to end.Key ResponsibilitiesOwnership of a key product that utilizes voice and vision models to automate a time consuming manual process. Your will be responsible for transforming this tool from a helpful efficiency booster into a true game-changer that has the potential to redefine the entire industry. By expanding its feature set and relentlessly pushing boundaries, you'll propel the product beyond incremental improvements and into a realm where it reshapes how people work.Full stack development focused on: Customer facing products, internal workflow automation, and more.Work directly with the CEO to prioritize product builds.Getting your hands dirty. ie: Patching bugs, building components end to end, etc.Qualifications and Skills RequiredFull stack engineer with a get stuff done mentality is the only real requirement.Experience working at an early stage startup is a plus.Experience building projects from the ground up is a plus.Experience with Next.js, Typescript, Supabase is a plus.Experience building AI Agents is a plus.Familiarity with voice and vision models is a plus.Benefits and PerksCompetitive Comp Package (Salary + equity). Salary range is based on a combination of experience and the preferred blend of equity and base salary.Health insurance benefits.Flexible PTO.Health Stipend.To Apply:To apply for this position, complete the application on LinkedIn OR email tyler@ with your resume and why youre interested in the role.

Created: 2025-02-27