Founding Engineer
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Job description
We're looking for a Founding Engineer based in Sydney, Australia, with flexibility for fully remote work. As a founding team member, you work with our team to architect, design, and develop software solutions that comprise Voltaire’s AI-powered platform. You will be instrumental in supporting the technical vision of the company and building a robust product to help legal teams deliver greater access to justice.
What you'll be doing
Own our AWS infrastructure (ECS/Fargate, ECR, IAM) and CI/CD (GitHub Actions), including introducing infrastructure-as-code so our setup is reproducible and auditable
Build out staging environments, monitoring, logging, and incident response
Lead a security review of our data handling, access controls, and secrets management
Contribute directly to our Node.js/Hono backend and Supabase data layer alongside infra work
Collaborate on integrating AI/LLM features (Anthropic SDK) into a platform built to support them reliably
What we're looking for
You have 2+ years engineering strong systems/infrastructure fundamentals: AWS, CI/CD, containerization (Docker), infra-as-code
You are comfortable also writing production backend code (Node.js/TypeScript), not infra-only
You are a problem solver who works autonomously, takes ownership, and can explain architectural tradeoffs independently
You have long-term thinking about infrastructure and security, especially around sensitive data
Bonus: You have experience integrating AI/LLM applications into production systems
What's in it for you
Founding team equity
The opportunity to build a high-impact product in its infancy
Direct influence over the company’s product, technology strategy, and future direction
Mission-driven and fast-moving environment
Flexible fully remote work
Additional information
Work eligibility: Must have valid Australian work rights; Voltaire does not currently offer visa sponsorship for this role
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all applicants, and requests can be made by emailing
Originally posted on Himalayas
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