Founding Engineer

Omi AI

• $150K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in software engineering or product development
  • Proficient with Flutter/React Native, Python and firmware programming
  • Experience building scalable products with significant user bases
  • Demonstrated ability to build and ship hardware or software products
  • Strong track record of either revenue generation or successful fundraising experience

Responsibilities

  • Own the full engineering stack from firmware to front-end
  • Architect the next version of the Omi SDK and its hardware control
  • Build intuitive prototypes that transition to scalable products
  • Contribute to product direction and technical strategy
  • Collaborate closely with the founder on product launches

Benefits

  • Significant equity and full ownership of technical direction
  • Opportunity to work on groundbreaking AI hardware
  • Ability to impact product development for a rapidly growing user base
  • Engagement in meaningful projects that improve people's lives
  • Direct mentorship and collaboration with the founding engineer
Full Job Description
Hi, I'm Nik. I'm looking for a world-class founding engineer to build Omi with me.
  • Omi is AI for your real life.
  • Think: wearable memory, voice-first interface, the reverse iPhone.
  • In the past 10 months, we've:
    • Grown to 300K software users
    • Hit 100M+ organic video views
    • Built 3 working hardware devices


Now I'm ready to go deeper - and I need you.

What You'll Do

As the first engineer, you'll:
  • Own the full stack (Flutter/React Native, Python, firmware, BLE, backend, etc - depending on what you're best at)
  • Architect the next version of Omi SDK / platform / hardware control
  • Build prototypes that feel like magic and scale into products
  • Help shape product direction, technical stack, and even culture
  • Work directly with me every day - we'll build and launch together

This is not a "here's what to do" job - this is "what should we do next?"

What I'm Looking For

Someone who's built and shipped something impressive. For example:
  • Built a product used by 1M+ people or 10K+ devices shipped
  • Or built something with >$1M revenue
  • Or raised >$1M as a founder / solo builder
  • Or deeply technical + insanely fast - even if early in your journey

You don't need to check every box - but one really strong signal is enough.

Tech Stack (so far)
  • Flutter (might move to React soon)
  • Python / Flask
  • Firmware: C
  • BLE
  • Omi DevKit (custom hardware)


Why This Might Be the One
  • You'll get lots of equity and full ownership over technical direction
  • Work on actual AI hardware, not just apps
  • Build something that people already love - and want more of
  • Help people think and live better with ambient, embodied AI

Let's make humans 1000x smarter with AI by 2026.
Let's make robots help in every apartment by 2028.
Let's create the metaverse

II personally check every candidate!
If I didn't respond, something was off. 🥲

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