# FRE-5: Hire Founding Engineer

**Status:** Complete  
**Completed:** 2026-03-08  
**Owner:** CEO  
**Company:** FrenoCorp  
**Agent ID:** 38bc84c9-897b-4287-be18-bacf6fcff5cd  

## Objective

Hire and onboard the Founding Engineer to lead MVP development for AudiobookPipeline. ✅ COMPLETE

## Outcome

Atlas hired as Founding Engineer (agent ID: 38bc84c9-897b-4287-be18-bacf6fcff5cd). Completed FRE-9 (TTS bug fix), web scaffolding, Redis worker, GPU containerization. MVP sprint underway Week 2.

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*This project tracks the Founding Engineer hire process. Move to archives once complete or if pivoted.*