Member of Technical Staff

About Us

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in three distinct practice areas: healthcare, cyber, and national security. United by a shared sense of duty and deep belief in the power of innovation, Red Cell is developing powerful tools and solutions to address our Nation’s most pressing problems.

About the Role

We’re hiring a Member of Technical Staff to operate as a builder–operator at the earliest stages of company creation.

This is not a traditional engineering role.

You will work at the intersection of:

• product ideation
• technical execution
• business problem solving

…and help transform ambiguous ideas into real products, prototypes, and ultimately companies.

You’ll function like a founding engineer across multiple zero-to-one environments.

What You’ll Do

1) Turn Ideas into Products

• Take loosely defined problems and transform them into concrete product directions
• Break down ambiguous concepts into structured technical approaches
• Rapidly prototype and validate ideas using modern AI-augmented workflows

2) Build 0→1 Across Incubations

• Act as an early engineering force for new startups
• Build initial products, APIs, workflows, and prototypes that define the business
• Help shape product direction alongside partners and founders

3) Operate Like a Founder

• Understand business context and define what should be built—not just how
• Evaluate tradeoffs across product, speed, and technical design
• Adapt quickly as ideas evolve and new information emerge

4) Build in an AI-Native Way

• Use AI tools to accelerate development, not replace thinking
• Structure prompts, workflows, and iteration loops intentionally
• Demonstrate strong problem framing, decomposition, and iteration style

Why This Role is Different

Direct Path to Founding

• Opportunity to propose, validate, and launch new ideas
• Path to become EIR or founder within the Red Cell ecosystem

Multi-Domain Exposure

• Work across healthcare, cyber, and national security
• Gain experience across multiple business models and products

Maximum Scope Early

• Own product direction, not just implementation
• Influence what gets built and why from day one

What “Great” Looks Like

• You create clarity from ambiguity — you define the problem before solving it
• You use AI as a true co-developer and can explain how you drive quality
• You’re energized by early-stage chaos, not slowed down by it
• You prefer building new things over maintaining systems
• You think like a founder: ownership, speed, and first-principles reasoning

Who You Are

• Strong technical background (software, systems, ML, or similar)
• Experience building products or systems end-to-end
• Demonstrated ability to work without clear requirements
• Comfortable with rapid iteration and changing direction
• Naturally curious about product + business problems

Nice to Have

• Experience in early-stage startups or founder-like environments
• Interest in eventually starting or leading a company

Salary Range: $140,000-300,000. This represents the typical base salary range for this position based on experience, skills, and other factors.