Cadre
Founding Engineer (Open Source Focus)
Location:
On-site in Downtown San Francisco Compensation:
$150,000 - $200,000 + 0.5% - 2.0% equity Visa Sponsorship:
Available on a case-by-case basis Start Date:
ASAP About the Role
We're looking for our
first Founding Engineer
to help build the future of infrastructure tooling with us in San Francisco. As a critical early hire, you'll own our product end-to-end-from frontend interfaces and backend APIs to infrastructure, CLIs, and open-source tooling. If you're excited about shaping developer experiences and building with and for the community, this role is for you.
This position is deeply technical and product-focused. You will play a pivotal role in shaping both our open-source and commercial offerings and working closely with the founding team to define the product roadmap. What You'll Work On Build and scale our core open-source infrastructure automation tooling (currently the highest priority). Own the development and architecture of end-to-end product features across our stack:
React, TypeScript, Go , and various DevOps tooling. Triage and resolve issues raised by our growing OSS community. Collaborate with users and contributors to ensure the product meets real-world developer and infrastructure engineer needs. Help define engineering culture, best practices, and internal processes. Contribute to or lead high-impact initiatives such as new product lines, performance optimizations, and integrations with tools like
Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS . You Might Be a Fit If You... Have
2-8 years of experience
as a
fullstack product engineer
building 01 products. Previously worked at a
VC-backed startup (Seed-Series B)
in a fast-paced, product-driven environment. Are passionate about
DevTools ,
infrastructure , or
open-source software . Have deep experience or genuine interest in
IaC / DevOps / SRE tooling
like Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, Pulumi, and Golang. Are comfortable working across the stack and picking up new tools and languages as needed. Can design and implement clean, performant UIs and appreciate developer ergonomics. Take initiative, are user-driven, and enjoy working closely with other engineers, founders, and external contributors. Bonus Points For... Previous role as a
CTO or Founding Engineer . Prior contributions to open-source projects or leadership in OSS communities. Education from top CS/math/startup schools (e.g.,
Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, Waterloo ). Interest in working at the intersection of
AI, developer experience, and infrastructure . Our Stack Frontend:
React, TypeScript Backend:
Go Infra & DevTools:
GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform About Us
We're the team behind Digger, an AI agent for DevOps: smart enough for developers to abstract away infrastructure, and secure enough for infra engineers to trust. We've already shipped a popular open-source runner for IaC, and co-founded
OpenTofu , an MPL fork of Terraform.
Company Highlights: Founded in 2020 Backed by top-tier investors (raised $3.3M) Team of 6, based in SF OSS-first mindset and community-driven approach
Location:
On-site in Downtown San Francisco Compensation:
$150,000 - $200,000 + 0.5% - 2.0% equity Visa Sponsorship:
Available on a case-by-case basis Start Date:
ASAP About the Role
We're looking for our
first Founding Engineer
to help build the future of infrastructure tooling with us in San Francisco. As a critical early hire, you'll own our product end-to-end-from frontend interfaces and backend APIs to infrastructure, CLIs, and open-source tooling. If you're excited about shaping developer experiences and building with and for the community, this role is for you.
This position is deeply technical and product-focused. You will play a pivotal role in shaping both our open-source and commercial offerings and working closely with the founding team to define the product roadmap. What You'll Work On Build and scale our core open-source infrastructure automation tooling (currently the highest priority). Own the development and architecture of end-to-end product features across our stack:
React, TypeScript, Go , and various DevOps tooling. Triage and resolve issues raised by our growing OSS community. Collaborate with users and contributors to ensure the product meets real-world developer and infrastructure engineer needs. Help define engineering culture, best practices, and internal processes. Contribute to or lead high-impact initiatives such as new product lines, performance optimizations, and integrations with tools like
Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS . You Might Be a Fit If You... Have
2-8 years of experience
as a
fullstack product engineer
building 01 products. Previously worked at a
VC-backed startup (Seed-Series B)
in a fast-paced, product-driven environment. Are passionate about
DevTools ,
infrastructure , or
open-source software . Have deep experience or genuine interest in
IaC / DevOps / SRE tooling
like Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, Pulumi, and Golang. Are comfortable working across the stack and picking up new tools and languages as needed. Can design and implement clean, performant UIs and appreciate developer ergonomics. Take initiative, are user-driven, and enjoy working closely with other engineers, founders, and external contributors. Bonus Points For... Previous role as a
CTO or Founding Engineer . Prior contributions to open-source projects or leadership in OSS communities. Education from top CS/math/startup schools (e.g.,
Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, Waterloo ). Interest in working at the intersection of
AI, developer experience, and infrastructure . Our Stack Frontend:
React, TypeScript Backend:
Go Infra & DevTools:
GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform About Us
We're the team behind Digger, an AI agent for DevOps: smart enough for developers to abstract away infrastructure, and secure enough for infra engineers to trust. We've already shipped a popular open-source runner for IaC, and co-founded
OpenTofu , an MPL fork of Terraform.
Company Highlights: Founded in 2020 Backed by top-tier investors (raised $3.3M) Team of 6, based in SF OSS-first mindset and community-driven approach