Founding Software Engineer; LA defense manufacturing startup
Job in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90079, USA
Listed on 2026-10-12
Listing for:
Jack
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-12
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Python, AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Full Stack Developer, Software Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
We're recruiting a Founding Software Engineer for a seed-stage LA startup that makes advanced composite parts for defense and aerospace. They're building a real factory, and they need someone to build the software that runs it.
You'd work next to hardware and automation engineers. No ticket queue, no PM, no QA. You figure out what matters, build it end to end and ship.
What you'd own:- The factory operating system: supply chain, quoting, pricing and inventory, from raw material to finished part
- A simulation layer that trains models on factory-floor data to predict how parts behave
- Factory automation software: live equipment telemetry, robotics orchestration and a digital twin of the line
- The data model behind all of it, built to mirror the physical factory
Type Script monorepo, Python or Go on the backend.
You're probably a fit if you have:- 2+ years shipping production full-stack products (Type Script frontend, Python or Go backend)
- Real time at a high-bar startup or scale-up. Think Anduril, Palantir, Ramp or Stripe caliber.
- You decided what to build and owned the numbers, instead of just closing tickets
- Side projects you're proud of
- Bonus: manufacturing, hardware, robotics, CAD, geometry or simulation
- Big tech or large public company only. They've been clear it doesn't count here.
- Low-level systems engineers with no full-stack work
- Anyone who can't be on-site 5 days a week in LA
$140K to $200K base plus meaningful founding equity. Relocation help available.
Work authorization:this is an ITAR role, so you need to be a US citizen or green card holder (Canadian and UK citizens may be considered). No visa sponsorship.
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