What you’ll do
As the early hire at GroundControl, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the product and engineering culture for the future of the company. You will work directly with the founding team across engineering, product, and customer success. You will:
Own the software solutions that are deployed to customers
Contribute to our Next.js Application and Python/Golang severless functions to improve reliability and progress the product roadmap
Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps
Interface directly with end-users to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
Who You Are
CORE REQUIREMENTS
Strong software engineering background (5+ years) from industry
At least 5 years working with Javascript/Typescript, React in production systems
Experience building scalable and responsive web-based user interfaces
Ability to empathize with end-users, to turn needs into features, and to balance user experience with engineering constraints to deliver full solutions
Must be a US Persons, Canadian Citizen or Canadian Permanent Resident to satisfy regulatory requirements
DESIRED REQUIREMENTS
Experience working with Python and/or Golang
Experience working with LLMs
Experience working with AWS, in particular GovCloud
Significant experience with writing test suites for React applications (Jest, Playwright)
Deep relational database knowledge (Postgres specifically)
Experience working on enterprise software and the features required by that customer segment
What We Value
Extreme Ownership
You will talk directly with customers from needs, to design, to production code. You will own entire features end-to-end.
Customer Obsession
All decisions should come directly from listening to customers. Understand their needs and pain points, and make decisions that will benefit the end user.
Low Ego, High Impact
We value humility and collaboration over ego. Team members bring strong ideas but are open to feedback and new perspectives, focusing on the best outcomes for the company and our customers. Strong opinions, held loosely
About GroundControl
GroundControl is a vertical SaaS company solving hidden inefficiencies in highly-regulated manufacturing. Our first product empowers manufacturers to produce high-quality parts for the most advanced aerospace & defense platforms, from SpaceX rockets and Boeing 777s to next-gen fighter jets and missile systems.
This is not a vision for the future. We are live and operational in manufacturers across the US, automating 1000s of reports and growing rapidly.
