Founding Engineer (AI)

hireVouch$100K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience with a focus on ML/AI products or infrastructure.
  • Proven ability to deliver production systems in dynamic startup phases.
  • Expertise in backend systems, ML/AI pipelines, full-stack web development, or voice infrastructure.
  • Strong interest in R&D focusing on LLMs and speech technologies.
  • Dynamic, proactive work approach with adaptability to complexity.
  • Bonus: Experience in enterprise SaaS, insights tools, or scaling AI-driven systems.

Responsibilities

  • Push the boundaries of applied GenAI with dynamic conversational and analytical models.
  • Innovate in voice and speech AI for improved user interactions and experiences.
  • Develop full-stack product functionalities like dashboards and collaboration tools.
  • Lead development of agent-driven user experiences with generative UI elements.
  • Design scalable infrastructure for AI-mediated communications and data handling.
  • Define best engineering practices while mentoring new team members.
  • Work with Growth and Customers teams to align product decisions with end-user feedback.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape the core product from an early stage.
  • Immediate impact on the company’s technological direction.
  • Work in a fast-paced, innovative startup environment.
  • Collaborative culture that values feedback and product iterations.
Full Job Description
The Role: Founding Engineer

As a founding engineer, you'll own major parts of the core product and influence the technical direction from day one. You'll work across the stack - engineering, research, infrastructure, and product - with work that has immediate and visible impact.

What You'll Do
  • Push the boundaries of applied GenAI: deploy foundation models for dynamic conversations, reasoning, and large-scale thematic analysis.
  • Innovate in voice & speech AI: improve pipelines for voice generation, speech recognition, and real-time conversation orchestration.
  • Build full-stack product experiences: dashboards, collaboration tools, and intuitive workflows that make research faster and easier.
  • Lead the future of agent-led UX: help shape a backend powered by intelligent agents and experiment with generative UI.
  • Scale infrastructure: design systems that support thousands of concurrent AI-mediated interviews, large datasets, and secure enterprise integrations.
  • Establish engineering excellence: define best practices, mentor early hires, and foster a culture of speed, rigor, and craftsmanship.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally: work closely with Growth and Customers to turn feedback into the right product decisions at the right time.

What They're Looking For
  • 5+ years of full-stack software engineering experience, ideally with exposure to ML/AI products or infrastructure.
  • A track record of shipping production systems in fast-paced startup environments (01 or 110).
  • Strength in one or more of: backend systems, ML/AI pipelines, full-stack web development, or real-time/voice infrastructure.
  • Curiosity and willingness to dive deep into applied R&D - LLMs, voice generation, speech recognition, reasoning models.
  • A high-energy builder mindset with a strong bias for action and comfort with ambiguity.
  • Bonus: experience with enterprise SaaS, insights/research tools, or scaling compute-heavy/AI-heavy systems.

About hireVouch

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The trajectory of a career at hireVouch is filled with endless possibilities. The company supports its team members with robust training programs, access to cutting-edge tools, and opportunities for upward mobility. From mastering technical skills to enhancing leadership capabilities, hireVouch is committed to helping individuals achieve their professional goals.

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