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