Perfect (Stealth Technology Startup): Lead Software Engineer
We’re a funded, stealth startup modernizing overlooked assets within the hospitality industry.
We’re putting together a distributed, low-headcount, founding software engineering team. This team will work directly with and report to our CTO (who has extensive venture building experience).
If you’re a high-impact, low-ego contributor who:
- ships performant code with predictable operating characteristics,
- has been more than “just tinkering” with LLMs and codegen, and
- can work 4+ hours overlapped with UTC-04:00…
…we’d love to hear from you.
Note: we care more about demonstrable talent than “perfect” candidates who checks all the boxes below. If this describes you, we very much encourage you to apply.
What You’ll Do
- Build our core platform from the ground up
- Design APIs and data models that power seamless integrations with hospitality systems
- Implement AI-driven features using LLMs and modern ML tooling
- Own end-to-end delivery from requirements through production
- Collaborate closely with our CTO and founding team
- Research and evaluate and experiment with new technologies and tools
What We’re Looking For
Technical Chops
- 5+ years of software development experience
- Production experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization
- Database and data modeling skills both relational and non-relational
- API development experience with REST and RPC
- Some hands-on experience and strong opinions (weakly held) about LLMs and automated code gen as part of a modern software engineering team
Soft Skills & Working Style
- Founding team mentality – you thrive in ambiguous, rapidly-changing environments
- Systems thinking – you consider scalability, maintainability, and operational concerns from day one
- Communication skills – you can explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Self-directed – you can work independently while staying aligned with team goals
- Quality-focused – you produce maintainable, well-tested code
- Ownership mindset – you keep user needs top-of-mind and own the outcome
Helpful, but not necessary
- Experience in hospitality and travel (e.g., integrations with OHIP, MEWS, etc.)
- DevOps and infrastructure automation experience
- Open source contributions or technical writing
- Previous startup experience, especially at the founding stage
- Experience with real-time systems or event-driven architectures
We’re building with modern, proven technologies. No decisions have been made yet.
Compensation and Leveling Expectations
- We prefer full-time work arrangements, but can be flexible for the right candidates.
- We encourage applicants at all levels of their software development journey to apply.
- Compensation is competitive—it is based on your skills, location, and commitment level.