Founding Engineer
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early engineering team building AI infrastructure for service businesses. As the first engineering hire, you will work directly with the founder to evolve a functioning product into reliable, scalable infrastructure for AI agents and the people who use them.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Design and build the architecture, data models, and runtime needed to scale the product.
- Develop agent orchestration, memory, verification, and other systems that make AI workflows dependable.
- Own projects across backend, infrastructure, frontend, and agent development.
- Set technical direction and establish engineering practices as the team grows.
- Ship improvements regularly to customers using the product in real businesses.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 2 years of experience shipping production software, or an equivalent track record as a founder, solo builder, or exceptional early-career engineer.
- Experience building and operating LLM or AI agent systems used by real customers.
- Full-stack range, including the ability to work across backend services, infrastructure, and user interfaces.
- Experience scaling a working product and making technical decisions with a high degree of ownership.
- Familiarity with agent orchestration, memory, evaluations, verification, or multi-agent workflows is valuable.
- A track record of shipping quickly and explaining the technical challenges behind systems you have built.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $150,000 to $250,000 annually, plus meaningful founding equity. Visa sponsorship is available, including support for relocation.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California. The founding team works together in person.
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