Definition of Founding Engineer

A software engineering hire who joins a startup after the founders, but early enough in the company's history to play a critical role in building and scaling the company's technology infrastructure, products, and services.

Example: The CTO was looking to hire a founding engineer who had a strong point of view on how the company should build and scale its tech stack.

Variations: founding software engineer, founding SWE


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The definition for "Founding Engineer" was last updated in 2023.

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Question: What does "Calendar Invite" mean?

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Date: 11/03/2024

Word: Close It Out

Definition: To mark something as completed.

Example: This task has been fixed, so let's close it out within the task tracker.

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"Founding Engineer." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1795. Accessed 11/03/2024.