Founding Engineer (Remote)

Last update: Mar 2, 2025
Status: Open
Location: Remote

About Welling

At Welling, we're on a mission to revolutionize how people manage the most crucial aspect of their health: their diet and nutrition. Welling is an AI health and weight loss coach that simplifies calorie and macro tracking and provides real-time personal feedback and guidance. Imagine ChatGPT and MyFitnessPal combined. Everyone’s health journey is deeply personal, and our goal is to become the most compassionate and personal AI for health & fitness.

We’re an early-stage startup uniting nutrition coaches, registered dietitians, and a global tech team around a shared passion to help people improve their relationship with food and live healthier, happier lives.

Join Welling as a Founding Engineer

We’re searching for a rockstar Founding Engineer to support all things tech from front to back and create the best possible personal AI for health. You'll own projects end-to-end across our distributed system and mobile app.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable distributed systems using queues, object storage, and SQL/NoSQL databases

• Develop robust backend services in TypeScript

• Lead the development of our SwiftUI iOS app with Realm and Firebase integration

• Implement and optimize OpenAI API integrations

• Deliver high-quality code with comprehensive testing, but also know where to take shortcuts

• Take ownership and thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments

• Plan and break down complex projects into manageable tasks, with ability to delegate effectively

Requirements:

• Experience building distributed systems and working across the full stack

• Familiarity with TypeScript and backend development

• Familiarity with iOS development (SwiftUI preferred)

• Experience with LLM applications or strong interest in AI/ML technology

• Customer-first mindset with focus on user experience

• Self-motivated problem-solver who can execute quickly with minimal direction

• Experience with CI/CD, testing frameworks, and deployment strategies

• Prefers delivering customer value over building perfect systems, with the ability to balance pragmatic solutions while maintaining flexibility for future growth

• Strong planning and task management skills with ability to prioritize effectively

Bonus:

• Understanding/experience with prompt engineering, LLM optimization, building Agents, and NLP

• Experience with health tech or fitness applications

Why Join Us?

• Impact: Be a key player in a mission-driven company that is tackling one of the most critical challenges of our time—helping people improve their diets and lead healthier, happier lives.

• Remote & Global: Join a fully remote, globally dispersed team, allowing you to work flexibly from anywhere.

• Growth Opportunities: As an early team member, you’ll have significant opportunities for growth, with the chance to step into larger roles and take on more responsibilities as the company scales.

• Collaborative Culture: Work alongside a diverse and talented team passionate about health, technology, and make a difference.

Interested? Send us an email at philip@welling.ai with your resume and tell us why you will be great for this role.