Founding Engineer

About Gerra

The Role

What You’ll Do

• Build and scale the software platform that powers 100+ robot deployments monthly
• Design APIs, dashboards, and integrations that make robots usable for Fortune 500 clients
• Translate customer outcomes into product features with immediate ROI
• Partner with deployment leads to ensure Day 1 success at retail stores, hotels, and conventions
• Create the engineering culture, tools, and best practices for the first 10+ hires
• Balance speed with scale — shipping fast while architecting for chain-wide rollouts

Who You Are

• You’ve been an early engineer (seed/Series A) at a startup and built v1 → vX products
• Full-stack or back-end strength; comfortable moving between systems, APIs, and infra
• You know the difference between shipping code and shipping transformation
• You’ve owned critical systems where uptime and reliability meant real-world impact
• You thrive on ambiguity and can build in weeks what others scope in quarters
• You want to be measured by impact: robots deployed, revenue generated, customers transformed

What Success Looks Like

• Month 1: Ship features that directly power the first 20+ deployments
• Month 3: Own the technical backbone for 100+ live robots in the field
• Month 6: Build the systems and team that let us scale nationwide rollouts

Compensation

• Base salary: $225K–$300K
• Equity: Equity in a profitable, fast-growing company

Why This Role Matters