About the RoleThis is a
founding engineer role - you'll operate at near-CTO level, taking vague problems all the way to shipped product with no hand-holding. You'll be backend-heavy and AI-native, but fully capable of going full-stack when needed. If you've ever wanted to shape a product and company from the ground up, this is that seat.
What You'll Do- Own large product areas end-to-end - from user insight through to production
- Build and continuously improve our agentic systems: accuracy, reliability, and capability
- Work at the frontier of AI engineering - context engineering, tool use, and agent architectures
- Talk directly to users, understand their pain points, and scope features that actually solve problems
- Ship full-stack when needed: Go backend, React + Vite (TypeScript) frontend
- Champion AI-first development practices - coding agents, automation, and ruthless self-scaling
- Review code quickly while maintaining high standards across the codebase
- Design and work with APIs (REST and/or gRPC) in microservices architectures
- Own CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, deployment workflows, and production observability
What We're Looking ForMust-haves:- Proven production experience building backend services in Go (Golang) - this is a dealbreaker
- Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Experience building frontend applications with React and TypeScript
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and production monitoring/observability
- Experience building and consuming APIs (REST and/or gRPC) in microservices environments
- 0-3 years of professional software engineering experience (full-stack or equivalent)
Strong pluses:- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or equivalent) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Prior experience with AI infrastructure, prompt engineering, model deployment, or agent orchestration
- Experience designing and shipping AI-driven products; familiarity with agentic AI systems, LLMs, or AI agents
- Previous startup experience or a founding/early engineer background
- Experience with relational databases (Postgres/MySQL) and NoSQL, with solid understanding of data storage trade-offs
- AI research background or experience at an AI tooling/coding startup
- Former founder - or someone who has built something meaningful from scratch (startup, side project, shipped feature)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
You thrive if you:- Are a sharp, autonomous problem-solver who doesn't need a PM to decide what to build
- Have deep product sense and build for users, not for code's sake
- Are obsessed with using and building AI-first development tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor, coding agents)
- Love clean, maintainable Go and hold high standards in code review
- Thrive in ambiguity and move fast without sacrificing quality
Compensation & Benefits- Salary: $120,000 - $250,000 USD annually, reflecting the outsized impact of this founding role
- Equity: Generous equity package commensurate with a founding-level position
- Unlimited AI tooling budget - we practice what we preach
- A seat at the table: you will shape the product and the company's direction
Location- On-site in San Francisco, CA
- Visa sponsorship is not available - candidates must be authorized to work in the United States
