EXTRAORDINARY

Hiring

Founding Principal Engineer

Remote/SF (U.S. timezones preferred)

Salary

$170K–$250K

Total Comp

$400K+

Visa

O-1 & EB-1 Sponsorship

About The Role

We're hiring a Founding Principal Engineer to own engineering at extraordinary.com — from architecture to execution. This is a rare opportunity to lead full-stack development on a mission-critical product at zero-to-one scale, with the chance to define both the technical direction and culture of our engineering team.

You'll work directly with Sigil and early team to build fast, high-performance, elegant systems that serve millions of users around the world.

Bonus if you have background in recommendation systems, product analytics for viral loops, and can think in tailwind.

Stack

While speed is crucial, we place equal emphasis on quality, rigor, and optimization. Our app needs to perform smoothly for users worldwide for millions of users.

Frontend: Next.js (TypeScript), React, Tailwind

Backend: Convex, Postgres, AWS

Infra: You'll help shape it

What You'll Do

  • Own architecture and implementation across the stack (frontend, backend, infra)
  • Build performant, scalable systems that can serve millions of users globally
  • Lead product engineering with speed, precision, and care
  • Drive technical direction, code quality, and engineering standards
  • Work closely with product & design to deliver intuitive, beautiful features
  • Make critical build vs. buy decisions, move fast with a bias for impact

Nice To Have

  • Experience with recommendation systems, search, or product analytics
  • Strong product intuition and taste
  • Previous startup or zero-to-one experience

Who You Are

  • A senior/full-stack/product engineer with a builder's mindset
  • You think like an owner — about the code, the product, and the mission
  • You've shipped and scaled software that served millions (or want to)
  • You care about clean design, clean code, and fast iteration

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