Junior Founding Engineer

Full Stack Engineer (AI-Native Builder)

Experience: 47 yrs

This is a 5-day on-site role from HSR, Bengaluru

Immediate joiners preferred

Kindly do not apply if

• You want a remote/hybrid (this is onsite Bangalore only).
• You prefer narrow tickets and minimal ambiguity.
• Youre not excited about production engineering (monitoring, reliability, cost, latency).
• You want a highly structured, slow-moving product organization.

You are a great fit if...

• You enjoy turning messy problems into concrete solutions
• You thrive in fast-moving, low-process environments

About Meraki Labs

Meraki Labs is at the forefront of India's deep-tech innovation landscape, operating as a dynamic venture studio founded by visionary entrepreneurs Mukesh Bansal (Founder - Myntra, Cure Fit) and Peeyush Ranjan (Former Google VP and Flipkart CTO). Our mission is to build and rapidly scale AI-first, "moonshot" startupstransforming groundbreaking ideas into next-generation industry leaders. We partner closely with exceptional founders, helping their ventures go from concept to impact.

The Role

You are part of a two-person founding engineering team. Paired with a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you build and ship features end-to-end across the stack; fast, AI-assisted, and owned through to production. You're a generalist who does whatever the product needs that week, and you're hungry to compound your range, working shoulder-to-shoulder with a senior builder.

What You'll Do

• Build across the stack: Own features from spec to production frontend, backend, and the integrations in between.
• Move fast with AI: Use AI IDEs to ship at speed, and own the quality of what you put your name on.
• Run the day-to-day: Bugs, tests, and deploys on the golden paths the SRE provides, under the rails your senior partner sets.
• Compound quickly: Absorb architecture and production thinking from your senior partner and take on more ownership every sprint.

What We're Looking For

• The Experience: 47 years building real products full-stack.
• AI-Native (or All-In): You already build with AI coding tools, or you're ready to go all-in tomorrow.
• Solid Fundamentals: Dependable across modern frontend and backend; you write code that holds up.
• Generalist Mindset: Low ego, high output, willing to pick up whatever moves the product.
• Coachable: You want a senior partner to learn from, not just a ticket queue.

Technical Keywords We Value

• Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript.
• Backend: Node.js / Python / Java (language-agnostic); REST/GraphQL; PostgreSQL.
• AI-Native Dev: Cursor, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot.
• AI App Layer: LLM API integration, basic RAG/vector DB familiarity.
• Cloud: AWS/GCP/Azure basics, Docker.

Why This Role?

• Direct mentorship from a senior builder on a tiny, high-trust team, enabling enterprise-level vibe coding.
• Real ownership of shipped products from day one no warming the bench.
• A front-row seat to take an idea from zero to market.

Why Join Us?

• An opportunity to directly work with founders.
• High autonomy and ownership of the frontend roadmap.
• Meaningful ESOP.
• The chance to build in an AI-native environment.
• Competitive compensation and the opportunity to shape the engineering culture of a growing team.

Interview Process

1. Technical Round 1 - 60 minutes
2. Take Home Assignment + Panel Presentation
3. Culture Fitment