Location: San Francisco, CA
Type: Full-time, on-site
TLDR: we are seeing a surge in market demand as agents become real first-class citizens of the internet, and we are aggressively hiring in order to keep up. We're coming up with solutions in a problem space where no one in Silicon Valley knows the answer to either: how to build something agents want. If you like owning things 0 -> 1, lets chat.
We're looking for a founding engineer with strong backend and infra instincts to help build the primitives agents will use to communicate, authenticate, and operate in the real world. This is a role for someone who likes systems work: APIs, distributed infrastructure, reliability, developer tooling.
What you'll do- Lead and manage a team of 4-6 engineers
- Design APIs and abstractions that are intuitive for both humans and AI Agents
- Build high-performant, low-latency systems with the idea that agents are the end-users in mind
- Get your hands dirty by touching our core infrastructure that processes hundreds of thousands of emails per day.
- Think creatively about being the bridge between cutting edge AI capabilities with something as primitive as email(an oxymoron we know)
- Own projects end-to-end, from system design to production rollout
- Write clear, maintainable code and strong technical documentation
- Be the frontline for feedback from our customers - we'll trust you to be our spokesperson
What we're looking for- You want to solve problems end-to-end: every engineer owns a part of the product and needs to make decisions across the frontend, infrastructure, backend, and UX.
- You have a high bar for quality: At a startup, speed is the only advantage we have over big-tech companies. But even more important is to care about your output and obsess about details.
- You are a clear thinker and communicator: We have daily standups and weekly syncs in which we expect you to communicate tradeoffs, problems, and blockers directly.
- You are highly technical: preferred you have prior experience shipping production software by real users as a software engineer at a tech company or startup. But hustlers are always appreciated.
Bonus points- Experience with cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or developer tools
- Experience with messaging, email, auth, or protocol-heavy systems
- Experience building for AI/LLM use cases
Qualifications:- Has 3+ years of work experience as an engineer working on infrastructure at a tech company
- Has architected software used in production by millions of users
Compensation:- $250k - $400k base salary
- 1.0% - 2.0% equity
- Breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Doordash)
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Equinox membership
