What are the responsibilities and job description for the Founding Engineer position at Sourced By?
Company Description
Sourced By AI-automated, all-in-one platform that streamlines every aspect of the fashion sourcing process. We’re looking for a Founding Engineer to help architect, build, and scale the foundation of our product — the first end-to-end system built for the sourcing industry. You’ll work closely with our CEO to define technical direction, shape product strategy, and bring our vision to life as we build the platform where “sold-out” no longer exists.
Role Description
As a Founding Engineer, you will be one of our earliest technical hires and a core driver of product and architecture. You will report directly to our CEO and lead technical direction, define, architect critical systems, mentor new engineers, and partner closely with leadership to translate Sourced By’s vision into product. Your work will set the foundation for everything that comes after.
Qualifications
- Experience shipping products from 0 → 1, founding a startup, and/or owning major systems.
- Excellence with system design and making pragmatic decisions under constraints.
- Comfortable with product ambiguity.
- 5 years experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
- Strong grasp of modern frontend styling and responsive design technologies.
- Backend experience with Node.js, REST/GraphQL APIs, and relational databases.
- Familiarity with authentication standards.
- Experience integrating third-party payment providers and equivalent third-party vendors.
- Proficiency in Git workflows, testing frameworks, and debugging.
Bonus Points
- Experience building marketplace or e-commerce products.
- Interest in fashion (and curiosity around sourcing).
- Familiarity with Stripe Connect and multi-party payment architectures.
- Exposure to caching, performance optimization, and monitoring tools.
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern deployment practices (Vercel, pnpm).
Our Tech Stack
Next.js 14, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui, Drizzle ORM, PostgreSQL, NextAuth.js, Stripe, pnpm, Jest, Vercel.
Why Join Us
Impact: Shape the foundation of a company defining a new category. Your decisions will influence our product, team, and technology from day one.
Ownership: Lead technical direction, set standards, and build precise systems designed to scale reliably.
Flexibility: A modern, remote-friendly work culture.
Vision: Be part of a platform reimagining how fashion is sourced and scaling it to the world.