Founding Front End Engineer

About Tempo

Tempo was started by four co-founders with complementary backgrounds across engineering, operations, and go-to-market. Our team includes a former founder, multiple successful exits, experience leading businesses to scale, multiple fundraises, and experience at great tech companies like Slack, Airbnb, dbt Labs, and Automattic. We’re united by a desire to build for our customers, using today’s best technology to help organizations better understand and support the people they serve.

We believe what we’re working on must be built, but we know that only a small group of committed people who care about putting great things into the world can build this company. The early team will define our foundation and form our culture. Our early teammates hold founding titles (e.g., Founding Engineer, Founding Designer), receive shares rather than options, and are compensated in line with the stage and their role in bringing this company to life. San Francisco is preferred, though we’re open to remote for the right people and can discuss relocation support.

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About You

• Founders. You thrive without a formal playbook and will have a meaningful impact on the company’s trajectory. You are not confined to your title’s role description. You approach new challenges with determination, see setbacks as a part of the journey, and don’t let your title define your impact.

• High-Caliber. You set uncompromising expectations for craft, pace, and judgment. You take full ownership, holding yourself and your teammates to the highest standards.

• Customer-orientation. You are comfortable joining sales/user conversations and turning messy feedback into product decisions, with strong empathy for how people actually work.

• Taste. You are opinionated about what “good” looks like, from interaction and visual design to how we show up in the world. You will have an outsized impact on brand and culture.

• Passion. You go the extra mile inside and outside of the office. You know what gives you energy, and in doing so, show up as the best version of yourself at work. You support others to do the same, while investing in an environment where building is sustainable.

Job Description

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• Scope & outcomes: What success looks like in the first 30/60/90 days.

• Collaboration: Close partnership with founders and peers; expect direct customer interaction (research and/or sales conversations).

• Zero‑to‑one ownership: Help choose our initial tools, processes, and rituals; nothing is set in stone.

• Working model: San Francisco preferred; remote possible for the right people (relocation support can be discussed).

• Founding cohort: All roles are part of the founding team and will onboard together.

Roles & Responsibilities

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• What you’ll own

• What you’ll create/ship

• How you’ll collaborate with customers and the team

• Decisions you’ll influence (e.g., process, tooling, rituals)