Remote Founding Engineer Jobs
The first engineering hires at a startup, usually around the seed round: building the first versions of the product, choosing the stack and setting the habits everyone after inherits.
81 live roles58 companies hiringChecked dailyUpdated
What it pays
The median advertised range for remote founding engineer roles at startups, across 11 live roles that list pay in US dollars, as of October 2026.
What these roles ask for
Across 40 founding engineer postings we've indexed remote, including roles that have since closed.
- TypeScript53%
- React53%
- LLMs50%
- Python40%
- PostgreSQL23%
- AWS23%
- SQL18%
- Rust13%
- JavaScript13%
- Docker10%
What they offer
Measured across 40 postings.
Live roles (81)
Newest first. Every link re-checked this refresh.
- Founding EngineerClera · New York, NY (Remote)2 days ago
- Founding Frontend EngineerSkiffra · Los Angeles, Remote2 days ago
- Founding EngineerClera · New York, NY (Remote)2 days ago
Companies hiring founding engineers
69 companies have posted this role here, across 104 listings.
Pillar Space7
Raydar5
Clera5
Continuum Resource Network5
MLabs3
Parisi Labs3
Teamified3
Manufact2
General Compute2
Solum Health2
SentiLink2
Koreon AI2
Huzzle2
Docebo2
Deffai2
CTX2
Bolder Apps2
Weekday AI2
limrun
Backpack
Browser Use
Soren
Pallet
Lemrock
ohohoh.ai
aurora genesis
Wellfound
Rockstar
Floe
Aran Industries
Scope Labs
EQL Tech
Docura Health
neugence technology
The Legendary Lab
FlowGen Labs
Earthinia Company Services
nectar social
ROE
Mona
Skiffra
taru.money
Byteport
lamatic.ai
arcade.dev
pluto
Pango
Intessera
basil
Truelogic
Rex
Codexa Intelligence
endgap
moritz
Specsight
sonder health
mochi
SPCTR
Taskclanclerra
Jobgether
wayve
JeffreyM Consulting
Siren Pro
pluton resource intelligence
EasyLlama
EWOR GmbH
nory
GR8_TECHCommon questions
How many remote founding engineer roles at startups are open right now?
81 as of October 23, 2026, at 58 companies. The Anti Job Board checks every listing against the company's own careers page each day, so these are roles still taking applications.
How much do remote founding engineer roles at startups pay?
As of October 2026, the median advertised pay for remote founding engineer roles at startups is $180K–$250K a year, across 11 live roles that list pay in US dollars.
Which companies are hiring founding engineers remotely?
The most live roles right now are at Pillar Space (7), Raydar (4), MLabs (3), Continuum Resource Network (3) and Manufact (2). Every company on this page links to its open roles and how to reach the team.