Founding Engineer

Neighborbrite is building the AI-native design platform for the landscaping industry, and they are seeking a Founding Engineer to shape the long-term technical foundation of the company. This role involves owning product development end-to-end and building production-grade AI systems that redefine how the landscaping industry operates.

Responsibilities:

• Ship AI-Native Product Features
• Build user-facing features powered by LLMs, generative image models, and structured data
• Design agentic workflows that combine vision, reasoning, and retrieval
• Translate cutting-edge AI into intuitive, reliable product experiences
• Full-Stack Ownership
• Architect and build frontend systems in Next.js / TypeScript
• Design backend services and APIs in Python
• Integrate AI systems into production with strong reliability and observability
• Make architectural decisions that balance speed, scalability, and maintainability
• Work across cloud infrastructure (e.g., DynamoDB, Lambda, SageMaker, S3) to ship scalable, production-grade systems
• Help Define the Platform
• Build tools for both homeowners and landscaping professionals
• Encode domain knowledge like climate zones, plant compatibility, and spatial constraints
• Shape the long-term architecture of an AI-native vertical software company

Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience (we expect strong ownership and production experience)
• Proven track record of shipping and maintaining real production systems
• Experience driving features from ambiguous problem → architecture → implementation → launch
• Strong full-stack capabilities and sound system design judgment
• Experience working with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
• Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, high-autonomy startup environment
• Experience integrating LLMs, AIGC, or agentic workflows into products
• Experience with generative vision systems