The Role
Join as a founding engineer to design and build Voyager's core product end-to-end. Own product surfaces from design through production, ship quickly, make architectural decisions for systems handling real users and money, and set the technical bar for future engineers while working closely with the founders in an in-person Brooklyn environment.
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Founding Engineer
About Voyager
The Role
What You’ll Do
What We’re Looking For
What This Is Not
What Success Looks Like
How We Work
Benefits
Compensation
Brooklyn, NY (in-person)
About Voyager
Voyager is building software at the intersection of healthcare, finance, and AI. We’re focused on helping people better navigate and afford healthcare by unifying financial infrastructure, benefits, and intelligent software into a single product.
Voyager is a pre-seed stage company started by repeat founders, Jesse Rose and Will Dennis. We are backed by a16z Speedrun and a group of exceptional angels.
The Role
We’re looking for a founding engineer to help design and build Voyager’s core product from the ground up.
You’ll work directly with the founders. You’ll own large parts of the system end-to-end. You’ll make product and technical decisions that compound over time.
This is a senior IC role with room to grow as the company grows.
What You’ll Do
- Own entire product surfaces from initial design through production and iteration
- Build core systems that touch real users and real money
- Make pragmatic architectural decisions in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment
- Ship quickly, then improve what matters
- Set the technical bar that future engineers build on
What We’re Looking For
- 6+ years building and owning production systems
- Strong product instincts and good judgment under uncertainty
- Experience in fintech, financial or healthcare infrastructure, or AI-native products is a plus
- Comfort operating with incomplete information and tight feedback loops
- Care deeply about correctness, reliability, and user experience
- Excitement about AI and the rapidly evolving tools at your disposal to help you build
We care more about taste and ownership than about any specific stack.
What This Is Not
- A role with detailed specs handed down to you
- A narrow slice of the system
- An environment optimized for consensus over progress
What Success Looks Like
After 6 months, you’ve:
- Shipped core product flows used by real customers
- Made architectural decisions that unlocked speed and flexibility
- Chose what not to build and saved the team months of work
This role is ideal for anyone interested in founding their own company in the future.
How We Work
We work together in person in Brooklyn. We believe tight feedback loops produce better software and better decisions, especially early on.
Benefits
- The expected base pay range for this position is $175,000–$225,000 + meaningful early-stage equity, based on qualifications and experience
- Team lunch every day
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k)
- Competitive PTO policy
- Commuter benefits
- Equipment and setup of your choice
This is a true zero-to-one role with real equity and real responsibility. If you’re excited about building from first principles and owning what you ship, we’d love to talk.
The base pay range for this role is $175,000 – $225,000 per year.
Skills Required
- 6+ years building and owning production systems
- Strong product instincts and good judgment under uncertainty
- Comfort operating with incomplete information and tight feedback loops
- Care deeply about correctness, reliability, and user experience
- Experience in fintech, financial or healthcare infrastructure, or AI-native products
- Excitement about AI and rapidly evolving tooling
- Work in person in Brooklyn, NY (on-site)
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The Company
What We Do
Voyager Technologies is a defense, national security, and space technology company. It pioneers transformative, mission-critical solutions for civil, commercial, and government missions, aiming to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets from ground to space. The company operates globally, providing defense systems, space solutions, and the Starlab Space Stations.
