Founding Engineer / Head of Engineering

What you'll be responsible for

Architecting and building the mobile web app, cloud backend, and operations dashboard from the ground up
Standing up a multi-site fleet management system designed to scale from a handful of pilot stations to tens of locations across states
Leading SOC 2 Type 2 certification to completion before our first pilot goes live — this is a hard prerequisite for government procurement, not a future milestone
Building to WCAG 2.1 AA and ADA accessibility standards as a first-class requirement, not an afterthought — every flow must be completable independently by a visitor with a disability
Implementing PCI-DSS compliant payments (tokenized, no raw card data stored) and audit logging with a tamper-evident trail
Designing the self-provisioning flow for new station installs — new-facility go-live in days, not weeks Setting engineering hiring plans and building out the team as we scale post-pilot

What we're looking for

Years of production engineering experience, ideally having taken a product from zero to live with real users
Strong full-stack ability — comfortable across mobile web frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure
Direct experience with SOC 2 (Type 1 or Type 2) — you've been through the process, ideally owned it
Comfort with a hardware-adjacent product — integrating physical devices, managing a device fleet, or working with IoT/edge systems is a strong plus
Interest in or experience with regulated, compliance-heavy, or government-facing products (fintech, healthtech, govtech) is a strong plus
Founder mentality: you want to build the thing, not just work on it — this is a small, high-ownership environment with no existing playbook