Founding Engineer - Full Stack
Hybrid (New York City, NY)$125k - $150k + equityFull-timePosted 8mo ago
About the role
Full Stack Software Engineer role at Pangolin to design, build, and maintain the core self-hosted platform (Pangolin container) including UI, APIs, and backend services; early hire with a foundational impact on product and company.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and test the core of our self-hosted platform
- Frontend (NextJS, Tailwind, ShadCN)
- Backend (Express APIs, SQL, Drizzle ORM)
- Processes (CI/CD, Internal Tooling)
- Troubleshooting and resolving complex issues related to distributed systems, networking, and security.
- Actively engaging with the open-source community, providing support, and driving engagement on platforms like GitHub and Discord
- Ship quickly and get instant feedback from our large open-source user-base
Qualifications
- More than 3 years of work experience in computer science
- Extensive TypeScript experience and ability to write some Go
- Familiarity with web identity and authentication standards: OAuth2, OIDC, SSO
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and operational technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, AWS)
- Basic knowledge of networking concepts: tunneling, WireGuard, proxies, SSL/TLS
Skills
Required:TypeScriptOAuth2, OIDC, SSODockerKubernetesAWSNext.jsTailwind, ShadCNExpressSQL, Drizzle ORMCI/CDDistributed systems
Nice to have:GoOpen-source community engagement
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Hybrid (in-person + work-from-home)
- Quiet work environment
- Small, trusting team of founders and engineers
- Relocation assistance
- Unlimited PTO
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Pangolin
Open-source alternative to Cloudflare Tunnels
Pangolin is building a new kind of open-source proxy: cloud-orchestrated, identity-aware, tunneled, and highly available. It’s the simplest way to securely expose applications on any network—only the people you want get access to your apps, and we block everyone else.