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Founding Engineer

OpenReq  •  New York City, NY (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

Ironloop is a cybersecurity platform for industrial infrastructure: power grids, water systems, manufacturing lines, defense supply chains. These environments run on control systems that were designed before cybersecurity was a concern and operate continuously with zero tolerance for downtime.


You should have

  • 3-8 years of software engineering experience with strong fundamentals in systems architecture, networking, and software design
  • A builder mentality. You've built something from scratch before, as a founder, an early employee, or the person who led a new project inside a larger company. You know what it means to turn a vague problem into a working product.
  • Generalist range. You're comfortable debugging a backend service, writing frontend code, parsing protocols, and shipping infrastructure in the same week.
  • Ownership. There's no playbook. You learn on the fly, care deeply about the outcome, and treat the product like it's yours.
  • Customer instinct. You'll join customer calls, visit sites, and translate what operators need into engineering decisions. Communicating clearly with non-software people is essential.
  • New York City presence. Based in or willing to relocate to NYC.

Even better if you bring

  • Experience at an early-stage startup or a small, high-intensity team where you wore every hat
  • Background in infrastructure, cybersecurity, defense tech, aerospace, or anything where software meets the physical world
  • Depth in systems programming, networking, or embedded systems alongside strong product instincts
  • Familiarity with on-premise or constrained deployment environments
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About OpenReq

OpenReq is the embedded recruiting firm built for early-stage startups (Seed to Series B) in the AI & Hard Tech space.

We help founders manage the end-to-end recruiting process from sourcing to closing, integrating with your team and systems to deliver world-class hires quickly.

We're the preferred recruiting partner for Bain Capital, Lux Capital, Autotech Ventures, and other reputable VCs, and we've had a chance to hire 100+ engineers for Etched, Advex AI, NEX, and other fast-growing startups.

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Industry
HR & Recruiting
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
San Diego, CA
Year Founded
2020
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