Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. DMC Technologies is developing Momentum, a software platform that aims to reduce the cycle time from concept to manufacturable aerospace design. The Founding Software Engineer will serve as the founder's software counterpart, building backend-focused product capabilities, supporting front-end and deployment work, and developing AI-powered agentic coding tools for the software development process.
Responsibilities
- You will be the founder's software counterpart who is relentless about building amazing software
- The role is initially backend-focused, but the product is the unit of work, and front-end and deployment will be required
- You will also be responsible for building the AI backbone of the software development process at DMC with the founder and will have significant leeway to build out the agentic coding tools required for us to scale
Skills
- Backend depth with whole-product judgment. You have designed and shipped production systems, and you can move from a user problem to a data model, interface, runtime, deployment, and observable result. Python is the main language today but is one of many design decisions we will make together
- A relentless product builder. You take responsibility for understanding the “forest from the trees”, making forward progress in the presence of ambiguity, and iterating on the product to align with our customer needs
- Strong product and architecture judgment. You ask whether we are building the right thing before optimizing how we build it. Goal, not task oriented
- Exceptional use of agentic coding tools. You are at the leading edge of agentic software development. You are producing high-quality software that is operational, understandable, and scales. You have balance the balance of human judgment vs. agent execution. You can clearly communicate and accurately steer the impact of features, fixes, and problems identified by your agents
- Production experience LLM and agentic systems. You have a deep understanding of how to use, develop, and deploy LLM and agentic systems in mission critical applications
- Independent ownership and clear communication. You can work directly with a technical founder, turn an incomplete direction into a recommendation, explain tradeoffs in ordinary language, and show working behavior rather than reporting activity
- United States-based and a United States citizen
- Full time, with flexibility and heavier periods around SBIR and customer milestones
- Your GitHub profile, resume, availability, and location
- A one-page brief on one project you personally drove
- Delivered as: a five minute or less, unedited screen recording showing the product, the relevant code, and one decision you made
- The problem, your ownership, and the hardest technical decision
- How you used agentic coding tools, including one failure you caught and how you verified the final work
- What shipped, who used it, and how long it took
- Background in a regulated industry such as aerospace, defense, medical technology, or financial technology
- Prior early-stage startup experience
- Occasional Los Angeles-area meetings are a plus, not a requirement
Benefits
- Three-month paid working period at the start.
- Meaningful equity is part of the expected full-time package.
- Equity: expected range of 1.0% to 2.0% on a fully diluted basis, normally vesting over four years with a one-year cliff.
- Fully remote.
- Flexibility and heavier periods around SBIR and customer milestones.
- The one-month paid working period will use the monthly equivalent of the agreed base salary.
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