Founding Full-Stack Engineer

At Falconer, we’re transforming how engineers create, access, and share knowledge. We’re looking for a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to help us build an AI-powered knowledge platform that companies love.

As a founding engineer, you won’t just help shape our product development—you’ll have a seat at the table to define Falconer’s technical direction and culture.

Key responsibilities:

• Participate in the entire product development lifecycle, including architecture, coding, testing, and deploying
• Translate UI/UX designs into high-quality, visually appealing and responsive web applications
• Develop and maintain frontend and backend systems including API services, databases, and server-side logic
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following industry best practices—the Falconer platform will help you!
• Stay updated with emerging technologies in web development and make recommendations for adopting new tools and practices

Who you are:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in developing web-based applications
• Strong proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and WebSockets
• Experience with server-side languages (we'll gravitate towards Python and Node.js)
• Hands-on experience with databases (SQL and/or NoSQL)
• You enjoy hard problems and open-ended assignments
• You use data to make decisions, and experiment your way around hard problems

Bonus points:

• You've developed products with LLMs before (extra if you've already built your own agents)
• You're familiar with vector databases and similarity search
• You have experience with event queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
• You understand Docker or Kubernetes
• You know your way around AWS or Google Cloud

Perks and benefits:

• Generous equity package
• Competitive salary and benefits
• 401(k) retirement account
• The best equipment and tools, like a spec'd out MacBook, and dev prod tools like Cursor, Claude, and Linear to help you move fast
• Flexible work arrangements with in-office work or hybrid/remote work for the right candidate
• Our current office is in San Mateo, just steps from Caltrain 

At Falconer, we value diversity and equal opportunities. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace. If you are passionate about technology and thrive in a challenging environment, come join our team and help us shape the future of work communication.