Founding Software Engineer

At Synkka, we’re building the AI-native operating system for logistics. Starting with carrier integrations powered by Generative AI, we’re accelerating toward a future where our customers can build, deploy, and autonomously run their own AI agents to manage delivery networks using nothing but human language.

This isn’t just an upgrade - it’s a first-principles rewrite of the tech stack powering a $500B+ global industry.

We founded Synkka just a few months ago and we’re already:

• Powering delivery operations for clients serving some of the biggest brands on the planet
• Backed by tier-1 investors
• Nominated for multiple industry innovation awards
• Shipping and learning at speed. Weekly releases, daily iteration

Our team brings together second-time founders, seasoned logistics leaders, and AI engineers with deep expertise. We're early, growing fast, and shaping a company where your work directly influences how global delivery works.

We work at the frontier of software engineering and AI:

• Backend: Python + FastAPI
• Frontend: React
• Infra: Azure (infra-as-code, CI/CD, observability)
• AI Stack: LLM pipelines for agentic codegen, testing, and self-healing interfaces

As one of our first Product Engineers, you won’t just ship features - you’ll own problems, shape outcomes, and help build the company.

You’ll:

• Live and breathe the customer's world. You'll collaborate directly with our CTO, CEO, and early 3PL/carrier customers to understand their deepest operational pains.
• Translate complex logistics problems (like onboarding a new carrier or managing delivery exceptions) into simple, elegant, and shippable product.
• Build foundational systems and customer-facing product from day one. You'll be writing code and helping write the roadmap.
• Architect clear, maintainable APIs that form the backbone of our "Plaid for Logistics" vision.
• Define and build the 'Model Context Protocols' (MCPs) - the core backend architecture, APIs, and rules engines that will power our entire "Agent Factory." You will be designing the foundational tools that will enable our customers to deploy game-changing AI agents and fundamentally change how delivery works from the ground up.
• Push the boundaries of how LLMs can automate complex business logic, not just code.
• Contribute across the stack, from backend systems to internal tooling to customer-facing product.
• Help define our product-led engineering culture, technical values, and team practices from the ground up.

This is a rare opportunity to build, influence, and lead early without waiting years to have impact.

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You don’t need a fancy CV, big-name logos, or traditional credentials. But there is one requirement that is non-negotiable for us and we want to be incredibly respectful of your time and energy (we’ve all been on the other side of the job application process, and we know how much effort it takes).

In the spirit of being fully transparent, we want to be upfront about who we are looking for. This specific role has a non-negotiable domain expertise requirement.

Because you will be a founding product engineer shaping our core product, we need you to join with deep, hands-on experience in e-commerce delivery from day one.

If you don't have significant experience in at least one of the three specified domains (outbound, returns, or cross-border), we kindly ask you to reconsider applying for this particular role, as we won't be able to move forward with an interview.

You must have:

• Deep, Frustrating Domain Experience. You live and breathe B2C e-commerce delivery. You must have deep expertise in at least one of these specific verticals: outbound shipping, returns, or cross-border logistics. You don't just know how to build it; you've spent years understanding the 'why' behind the arcane rules, the carrier manifests, exception handling and design patters of carrier APIs and EDIs. You are the frustrated expert we're looking for - you've been wondering why nobody cares as much as you do about finally fixing the foundational problems, and you have strong opinions on how.

You also likely:

• Are obsessed with the user and care as much about the "why" as the "how."
• Have fluency as a builder and you can write code and build real products.
• Value impact over perfection and ship iteratively, with care.
• Thrive in a high-trust, low-ego environment with lots of ownership.
• Want to help build a company, not just software.

• DevOps experience (especially on Azure)
• Logistics API exposure (carriers, 3PLs, TMS, etc.)
• LLM workflows (agent loops, codegen, test runners)
• Previous startup or scale-up experience

• You're here for a zero-to-one journey, not the next Jira job
• High ownership from day one
• Equity that reflects your contribution and growth and a shot at defining a category
• Supportive, transparent culture where decisions are fast but inclusive
• You want to build something real that ships now and shapes how the world works

We aim for clarity, speed, and respect.

• Intro Chat (30 mins): to get to know each other
• Tech & Product Call (120 mins): Deep dive with our CTO, CEO & Founding Engineer.
• Commercial Call (30-45 mins): Meet our CGO
• Offer. Equity, salary, and a big seat at the table

Salary + meaningful equity. We’re serious about shared upside.

Skip the formalities. Just send us:

• A short note: Why this mission matters to you. Why now. Why us. And if you're the frustrated expert we're looking for, tell us what's most broken in logistics and how you'd start fixing it.
• Something you’ve built: A repo, a tool, a bug fix you’re proud of.
• Your CV or LinkedIn.