6h ago
Founding Engineer
Austin, TX
$120k-$180k / year
full-timecybersecurity
🛠 Tech Stack
💼 About This Role
You'll own infrastructure, DevOps, and productionization for a bootstrapped startup bringing AI-powered digital forensics to law enforcement. You'll turn manual updates into automated delivery, manage multi-cloud infrastructure, and own CJIS compliance and SOC2. This is a rare chance to shape the tech foundation of a product that solves fraud, locates victims, and tracks exfiltration.
🎯 What You'll Do
- Own build and deployment pipeline, automating update delivery to thousands of customers
- Manage cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, Azure, Anthropic, and OpenAI
- Own security and compliance frameworks including CJIS and SOC2
- Build CI/CD for integration tests with large forensic datasets
📋 Requirements
- 3+ years experience managing cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
- Expertise in DevOps tooling (Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD platforms)
- Experience with compliance frameworks such as SOC2 or CJIS
- Ability to work across the full stack and ship 5-10x faster using AI tools
✨ Nice to Have
- Experience with digital forensics or law enforcement technology
- Background in building multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure
- Familiarity with AI agent orchestration and LLM APIs
🎁 Benefits & Perks
- 💰 Competitive base salary with profit sharing
- 🚀 Early-stage equity and outsized responsibility
- 🏠 Onsite in Austin with flexible hours
- 📚 Continuous learning culture and AI-native tools
📨 Hiring Process
Initial screen, technical screen, paid take-home project, paid work trial, then offer.
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