# Founding Engineering Lead at Autumn Labs

- Company: Autumn Labs
- What the company does: Manufacturing intelligence platform. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.autumnlabs.io/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Apply by: 2026-11-26
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/autumn/2a0dc8a3-69e9-4dcc-9d68-6b18225ef269?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/autumn-labs-founding-engineering-lead/

## About the role

Own engineering end to end (product, design, and code), working directly with the founders. Build our core systems from scratch and set the company's technical direction. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- A track record of owning and shaping projects end to end
- Experience building entire codebases from scratch with 1 to 5 people, more than once
- Strong CS fundamentals and systems judgment. You break problems down, know what right and wrong look like, and make tradeoff calls on the fly
- Product instinct. You turn messy customer feedback into what to build
- Comfort talking with non-technical customers
- Heavy use of AI tools. You hit your Claude Code limits regularly

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/autumn-labs-founding-engineering-lead/