Founding Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-30, Skillenai has indexed 127 job postings with the title “Founding Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is TypeScript.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about Founding Engineer jobs
+How many Founding Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 127 job postings with the title “Founding Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30.
+What skills do Founding Engineer jobs require?
Across Founding Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, the skills mentioned most often are TypeScript, React, Python, Cursor, observability.
+Which cities are hiring the most Founding Engineer?
As of 2026-09-30, Founding Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, San Francisco, Munich, Berlin, London.
+Is Founding Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 127 Founding Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. The skill mentioned most often in Founding Engineer postings is TypeScript, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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+What roles do people move into and out of Founding Engineer?
The career-flow chart shows roles before and after observed employer changes across all locations. Counts are moves, not distinct people or promotion probabilities. Same-role moves to another employer are included. The incoming and outgoing sides are separate groups of observations, not a matched three-stage journey.
Weekly indexed Founding Engineer postings — last 90 days
Career paths through Founding Engineer
Different-role employer moves. Each side is scaled independently.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Roles before Founding Engineer
Roles after Founding Engineer
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
Same role means a change of employer while keeping the same role. Counts are moves, not distinct people, promotions, or your chances of making a particular move.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: Software Engineer | 3 |
| Before: Researcher | 1 |
| Before: Front-end Engineer | 1 |
| Before: Product Designer | 1 |
| Before: Data Assistant | 1 |
| Before: Founder & CTO | 1 |
| Before: Co-Founder | 1 |
| After: Software Engineer | 3 |
| After: AI Consultant | 1 |
| After: Software Architect | 1 |
| After: Co-Founder | 1 |
| After: Machine Learning Researcher | 1 |
| After: Frontend Engineer | 1 |
| After: Quantitative Developer | 1 |
| After: Software Developer | 1 |
Skills most often required for Founding Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TypeScript | 84 | 66.1% |
| React | 68 | 53.5% |
| Python | 64 | 50.4% |
| Cursor | 31 | 24.4% |
| observability | 31 | 24.4% |
| LLM APIs | 28 | 22.0% |
| Supabase | 26 | 20.5% |
| AWS | 26 | 20.5% |
| PostgreSQL | 24 | 18.9% |
| Typesense | 24 | 18.9% |
| Prisma | 24 | 18.9% |
| trigger.dev | 24 | 18.9% |
| Node.js | 20 | 15.7% |
| Distributed systems | 20 | 15.7% |
| Next.js | 18 | 14.2% |
Top companies posting Founding Engineer jobs
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| CLERA | 96 |
| Tracebit | 3 |
| Zauber | 2 |
| HelmGuard | 2 |
| Salesape-ai | 1 |
| Bild AI | 1 |
| DataLAB | 1 |
| Pyrus Financial | 1 |
| Shields Group Search | 1 |
| HartleyCo | 1 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring Founding Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 30 | 23.6% |
| San Francisco | 22 | 17.3% |
| Munich | 19 | 15.0% |
| Berlin | 13 | 10.2% |
| London | 10 | 7.9% |
| Hamburg | 2 | 1.6% |
| Karlsruhe | 2 | 1.6% |
| Palo Alto | 2 | 1.6% |
| Aachen | 1 | 0.8% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, matching postings whose canonical role is “Founding Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Founding Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-09-30
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