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Founding Full Stack Engineer
San Francisco, CA
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About Dream


Dream is the AI platform revolutionizing residential architecture and construction planning. By automating a traditionally slow, expensive, and inaccessible process, Dream transforms design and planning into something instantaneous, affordable, and purposeful. Founded by senior leaders from Palantir, Dream is backed by $3.5M in funding and headquartered in downtown San Francisco.


About the Role

We're hiring a Founding Full-Stack Engineer to lead as we scale. You’ll be both hands-on in the code and influential in shaping our long-term technical vision. This is a rare opportunity to define engineering culture, make architectural decisions, and build core systems from scratch — all while solving deep technical challenges. You'll work directly with the founders to build an engineering-first culture and redefine how homes are designed and planned with AI.


What You’ll Do

  • Own core architecture and technical roadmap
  • Build production systems end-to-end using TypeScript, React/Next.js, Python, and Postgres
  • Define engineering culture rooted in quality, velocity, and ownership
  • Mentor and grow the early team, leading by example
  • Streamline developer workflows with strong CI/CD and infrastructure practices
  • Solve frontier problems in 3D visualization, AI search, and AR
  • Collaborate closely with design, product, and company leadership to drive innovation


Who You Are

Must-Haves

  • 5–10 years of experience as a full-stack software engineer
  • Proven ability to build and ship production systems from scratch
  • Experience leading technical direction or architecture (formally or informally)
  • Strong computer science fundamentals; CS degree from a top 30 university
  • High agency, high ownership mindset — thrives in ambiguity and startup pace
  • Deep knowledge of:
  • Frontend: TypeScript, React, Next.js
  • Backend: Python (with Types), Postgres
  • Tooling/Infra: CI/CD, developer experience, AWS
  • Strong communicator and collaborator with a winning mentality


Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience with iOS, Swift-UI, ARKit, or IFC file formats
  • Previous work on frontier technologies (AI, AR, advanced 3D web, etc.)
  • Familiarity with Numpy, Pytorch, or spatial/architectural data workflows


Traits We Value

  • Productive Creativity: Moves fast while focusing on impact
  • Intellectual Partnership: Technically sharp, academically accomplished
  • Frontrunner Energy: Built v1 products in new or emerging tech categories
  • No Quit: Solves hard problems and figures it out, no matter what


Compensation & Logistics

  • Salary: $160,000 – $220,000 (flexible for exceptional candidates)
  • Equity: 0.2% – 1.6%
  • Visa: TN or H1B transfer support available
  • Location: On-site in San Francisco
  • Timeline: Hiring 1 person within 6 weeks
  • Manager: Arjun Mathur, Co-Founder


About the Team

  • Andy – Former Global Head of Product Design at Palantir, Stanford alum
  • Arjun – Former SVP at Palantir, led a 150-person org and closed $1B+ in bookings, also Stanford alum
  • Team size: 5 and growing


Tech Stack

TypeScript, Next.js, Python (with Types), Numpy, Pytorch, Postgres, AWS



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