Founding Engineer – Chat & Real-Time Features
About the Role
This is an early, high-ownership engineering position on a small product team at a well-funded healthtech startup . You'll be one of the first engineers focused on chat and real-time features, working directly alongside founding stakeholders to shape core systems that define the user experience and product direction. This is a rare opportunity to have lasting technical impact from day one.
What You'll Do
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Design and implement core chat and real-time features for a production healthtech product.
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Collaborate closely with a small, cross-functional founding team to define and execute technical direction.
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Build reliable, scalable services and iterate quickly based on real user feedback.
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Participate in architecture and design discussions, balancing speed-to-ship with long-term maintainability.
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Own components end-to-end — from implementation and testing through to monitoring and observability.
What We're Looking For
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Proven track record delivering production software in real-time or chat-related systems.
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Strong engineering fundamentals with practical, full-stack experience building scalable, reliable services.
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Comfort operating with high autonomy in a fast-moving, early-stage environment.
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Experience collaborating effectively in remote or distributed teams.
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Must be a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder — visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.
Compensation & Benefits
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Base salary: $135,000 – $155,000 per year
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Equity: ~0.5% – 1.5%
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Opportunity to shape the technical foundation of a high-growth healthtech product
Location
Fully remote within the United States . Candidates must be based in the U.S. and authorized to work without visa sponsorship.
Originally posted on Himalayas