# 54421291103 - Founding Engineer

> Activate Talent · Poland (Remote) · — · Posted 2026-01-27

**Workplace:** remote

## Description

### **About the Role**

We are looking for a **Founding Engineer** to help design and build a modern, scalable web platform from the ground up. This is a hands-on, high-impact role where you will work across the full product lifecycle — from architecture and development to deployment and ongoing optimization.

You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and leadership while helping shape engineering standards, system architecture, and long-term technical direction. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in fast-moving environments, enjoys end-to-end ownership, and values strong engineering fundamentals.

### **What You’ll Work With**

**Current Stack**

-   **Application Layer**

-   Framework: **Next.js 16 (App Router, React)**
-   Language: **TypeScript**
-   Hosting: Vercel
-   DNS: AWS Route 53
-   Styling: Tailwind CSS v4 + shadcn/ui
-   Package Manager: pnpm

-   **Backend & Infrastructure**

-   Database & Auth: Supabase (Postgres + RLS + Auth)
-   Payments: Stripe (subscriptions & billing)
-   Email: Resend
-   Rate Limiting: Upstash Redis + @upstash/ratelimit
-   Validation: Zod
-   Forms: react-hook-form + @hookform/resolvers
-   Charts: Recharts

-   **Data & Analytics**

-   ETL: Fivetran / Custom (Airflow)
-   Data Warehouse: GCP BigQuery
-   Data Modeling: dbt

### **What You’ll Own**

You will architect, build, and scale both the product and the underlying infrastructure.

### **Frontend (Next.js / React / TypeScript)**

-   Build high-performance, scalable applications using **Next.js App Router**
-   Implement clean component architecture with Tailwind + shadcn/ui
-   Integrate server components, client components, and API routes correctly
-   Build responsive, accessible, production-grade UI
-   Manage state effectively and integrate with Supabase backend services
-   Ensure performance optimization, caching strategy, and SSR/ISR where appropriate

### **Backend & Platform Architecture**

-   Design scalable systems using **Supabase (Postgres + RLS)**
-   Architect secure Row-Level Security policies
-   Implement authentication and authorization workflows
-   Integrate Stripe subscriptions and billing flows
-   Implement rate limiting and abuse protection via Upstash Redis
-   Design database schemas optimized for scale and analytics
-   Ensure production reliability, logging, and observability
-   Own deployment workflows via Vercel

### **Data & Analytics Infrastructure**

-   Design pipelines feeding into **BigQuery**
-   Work with ETL processes (Fivetran / Airflow)
-   Implement dbt-based data modeling
-   Ensure product analytics and business reporting reliability
-   Support data-heavy workflows and reporting layers

### **Collaboration & Leadership**

-   Partner with product managers to define scalable technical solutions
-   Collaborate with designers to translate wireframes into production systems
-   Participate in code reviews and establish engineering best practices
-   Document architecture and technical decisions
-   Contribute to long-term technical roadmap and infrastructure strategy

## Requirements

-   5+ years of professional software engineering experience
-   Experience with e-commerce platforms
-   Strong expertise in **TypeScript and React**
-   Experience building production systems in **Next.js**
-   Deep understanding of relational database design (Postgres)
-   Experience implementing authentication & authorization systems
-   Experience with Stripe subscription models
-   Strong system design fundamentals
-   Experience building scalable APIs and distributed systems
-   Familiarity with CI/CD and modern deployment workflows
-   Strong debugging and problem-solving approach
-   Ability to clearly communicate technical decisions to non-technical stakeholders

### **Nice-to-Have Experience**

-   Experience with Supabase in production environments
-   Experience implementing Row-Level Security policies
-   Infrastructure-as-code exposure
-   Experience with Redis-based rate limiting
-   Familiarity with BigQuery and dbt
-   Experience building multi-tenant SaaS platforms
-   Background in data-heavy or analytics-driven applications
-   Performance optimization across frontend and backend

## Apply

[Apply at Activate Talent](https://apply.workable.com/careersactivatetalent/j/AEF754FCA7/apply)

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