About the role
Cotera is looking to hire a future founder, specifically on the engineering side.
Ideally, you’d have this job for two years and either run an entire engineering/product org here, or leave with a seed check from our team to go start your own company.
We’re looking for someone who wants a lot of ownership, a lot of reps, and a front-row seat to how a company gets built - not just technically, but commercially. You’ll work closely with the CEO and engineering team to build, ship, and iterate on the product as we grow.
Ideally, these are your qualifications:
Curious and hungry:
You’re early in your professional journey and might not know exactly what you want your career to look like 20 years from today, but you’re motivated to try different things to find out. You want to learn fast, ship fast, and get exposed to the real mechanics of building a company.
Not afraid:
A lot of people in their early career are afraid of failure. This is doubly true if you’ve only ever succeeded at things. You’re going to mess things up. Things won’t pan out. You’ll ship stuff that needs to be rewritten. That’s fine. Not doing things because you’re afraid of failure is not fine.
Technically strong:
You should be able to build. We don’t need you to have 10 years of experience, but we do need you to be dangerous — someone who can take an ambiguous problem and turn it into working software. You should be comfortable learning whatever you need to learn to get the thing shipped.
AI-native / AI-curious:
You get a 5x weighting if you’re using AI tools to code, debug, prototype, analyze, or generally move faster. You might not know exactly how they work internally, but they’re working externally for you. We care a lot about people who can use new tools to increase their own output.
