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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Date: 05/05/2024
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.
"Founding Engineer." Jargonism.com Dictionary, https://jargonism.com/words/1795. Accessed 05/05/2024.