Founding Engineer
Founding Engineer at Avent — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Avent
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 120000–150000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
We’re looking for a founding engineer to build the system that runs industrial commerce.
Avent is turning the global supply chain into a machine-to-machine system where products are quoted, sourced, and fulfilled at software speed.
This is not about building features. You will be building the core system that real companies rely on to operate, software that directly impacts how quickly the physical world moves.
What you’ll do
Build the core intelligence layer that powers quoting, procurement, and decision-making across a $2T industrial network
Design and ship systems that reason over messy real-world data and turn it into reliable actions
Define the abstractions and primitives that FDEs use to deploy Avent across the industry
Own critical parts of the system end-to-end and shape how it evolves as it scales
What we’re looking for
High ownership — you take direction, not instructions, and see things through to completion
Systems thinker — you understand how complex, imperfect systems actually work and build accordingly
Real-world builder — you optimize for what works for the customer, not what feels correct in theory
Speed with judgment — you can move fast without losing sight of where the system needs to go
Tech we use: Next.js, TypeScript, Python (FastAPI), PostgreSQL
Our culture
We own outcomes, not tasks
We take direction, not instructions. We run with things and see them through.
Speed is our advantage
We move fast, close loops, and prioritize execution over perfection.
We care about impact, not optics
We’re here to build something real. Decisions are driven by what works, not how it looks.
We’re in this together
We work in person in San Francisco. Some days are long, some aren’t, but everyone here cares deeply about what we’re building and shows up accordingly.
Compensation
Competitive salary + meaningful equity
We remove anything that slows you down, relocation, tools, and whatever you need to do great work
You’ll be part of a small team building something massive, take on responsibility far earlier than you should, and have the most fun along the way