Founding Engineer at Afternoon (F24)
Founding Engineer at Afternoon (F24) at Afternoon.co — New York, NY, US
- Company: Afternoon.co
- Location: New York, NY, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 110000–180000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
We are looking for a founding engineer, an extremely leveraged role. You’ll work directly with founders to build a highly integrated back-office product spanning state compliance, sales tax, bookkeeping and corporate income taxes.
What will you need to bring
3+ years of professional experience as a full-stack software engineer with a proven track record of execution. You've built outstanding products and collaborated closely within engineering teams.
High ownership and agency. We’re a lean startup, and you'll be expected to care deeply about the product and fully drive significant parts of the roadmap.
Nice to have:
Fintech experience
Practical experience with applied AI (e.g., working with LLMs and agentic workflows)
Familiarity with our technology stack: TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL
Why you should join
Ambitious long term vision to bring intelligence into finance and accounting fields, huge market of millions of companies
Technically challenging, novel AI application to accounting and finance
If you want to start a startup in the future, this is a great opportunity to see what goes in early stage product and team building