We're a small team doing work that matters. If you're the kind of person who wants to leave fingerprints on something real, you're in the right place.
Open Roles
Founding Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid · 4 days/week
Somia is building the infrastructure layer for the wellness economy - connecting studios, members, and brands through a three-sided marketplace powered by loyalty and financial products. We're pre-launch, moving fast, and looking for a Founding Engineer to build it with us.
This is a hands-on, 0-to-1 role. You'll work directly with our founding team to architect and ship our core platform: the member-facing app, partner portal, payments infrastructure, and the agentic tooling that ties it all together. If you want to leave fingerprints on every layer of the stack and help define how AI-assisted development gets done at an early-stage startup, read on.
How you'll make an impact
Architect and build the MVP across mobile, web, and backend - from member experience to B2B partner dashboard
Own core payments and rewards infrastructure, including integrations with financial services partners
Leverage agentic development tools (Cursor, Claude, Copilot, etc.) to ship faster and smarter - and help establish best practices for AI-assisted engineering across the team
Collaborate with our product and design leads on tight feedback loops with early Beta users
Make foundational decisions on stack, tooling, and team structure that will scale with us
Be a key voice in how we hire and grow engineering as we raise and expand
What we're looking for
5+ years of full-stack software development experience
Strong track record shipping production-grade mobile (iOS/Android) and web applications
Comfortable owning distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines, and testing frameworks end-to-end
Hands-on experience with modern agentic dev tools and AI-assisted workflows
Prior experience in payments, fintech, marketplace, or health/wellness is a strong plus
Thrives in ambiguity, moves with urgency, and sweats the details that matter
Must love dogs
What you'll get
Competitive compensation + meaningful equity
Best-in-class health, dental, and vision
401(k)
Unlimited PTO
Ready to build something real?
Send us your resume or LinkedIn, and tell us what about Somia excites you. Principals only. No recruiters, seriously.